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A group of 94 ethanol plant workers from across the Midwest urged President Donald Trump to reverse course on the small-refinery waivers program.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue outlined a number of possible changes to federal biofuels policy, in an email to President Donald Trump.

The biodiesel and soybean industries have asked President Donald Trump for a meeting to discuss how small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard are hurting biodiesel producers.

Iowa's governor and secretary of agriculture have asked the head of the EPA to reallocate ethanol gallons lost to small-refinery waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Agriculture and ethanol interests are concerned a provision in the new E15 rule could make it difficult for the future of higher ethanol blends.

Golden Grain Energy, LLC, will soon begin selling cellulosic ethanol in the California market.

The state of Minnesota reports E15 sales are higher than they were last year, as a result of the EPA lifting summer restrictions on sales.

The state of California changed a state regulation to allow for underground storage of B20, a 20% blend of biodiesel and petroleum products.

Groups ask federal court to proceed with a pending lawsuit challenging EPA's issuance of small-refinery waivers.

Ethanol, refining interests continue to bend EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler's ear on where they stand on the small-refinery waiver program in the Renewable Fuel Standard.

A plea agreement is reached in a $511 million biofuels fraud case, as a result of a federal indictment filed against a Utah biodiesel company.

Small-refinery companies are threatening to sue the EPA for its delay in making a decision on 38 pending applications for small-refinery waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Green Biologics announces it is closing acetone and butanol production at a former Minnesota ethanol plant.

Refining interests tell EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler not to share small refineries' confidential business information with USDA officials.

The U.S. Department of Commerce released a proposal to cut countervailing duties on biodiesel imported from Argentina from about 72% to 10%.

Flint Hills Resources is closing a 50-million-gallon biodiesel plant in Beatrice, Nebraska, pointing to a fall in soybean prices as a reason.

A three-year extension of the biodiesel blenders tax credit is one of a number of provisions in a tax package passed in the House Ways and Means committee on Thursday.

The National Corn Growers Association launched an advertising campaign aimed at convincing President Donald Trump to make changes to the small-refinery waivers program.

Ethanol producers Green Plains Inc., announced on Tuesday it was suspending quarterly cash dividends in light of struggles in the ethanol industry.

Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate on Friday attempts to provide more transparency to the small refinery waivers process at EPA.