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A number of biofuels and agriculture groups asked the Biden administration on Thursday to reject claims by oil refiners that they need relief from the Renewable Fuel Standard.

In light of recent media reports the Biden administration may be considering granting relief to oil refiners from their Renewable Fuel Standard obligations, a group of 16 Democratic lawmakers pressed the administration to uphold the RFS.

A coalition of agriculture, biofuels and technology groups and companies asked leadership on two important House and Senate committees to begin work on a national clean-fuel policy aimed at achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

Twenty-two members of the House biofuels caucus asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to provide COVID relief funds to biofuels producers.

Academics continue to debate the use of USDA cropland data layer dataset to determine land-use changes in agriculture.

The Iowa General Assembly adjourned this year without having a vote on a proposed E15 state mandate.

Federal lawmakers from Iowa asked President Joe Biden to include biofuels in any infrastructure legislation, in a letter sent on Tuesday.

The nation's largest ethanol producer Poet LLC may be close to reaching a deal to purchase all ethanol assets from Kansas-based Flint Hills Resources.

Indiana Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed legislation that would have labeled E15 pumps in the state.

A group of 12 United States senators asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan to reject requests to waive Renewable Fuel Standard requirements.

Cargill and Love's announced a joint venture to produce renewable diesel and offer to Love's Travel Stops customers across the country.

Poet LLC announced it is expanding purified-alcohol production at an ethanol plant in Ohio and is launching a new label for renewable carbon dioxide and dry ice.

The largest farmers cooperative in the country has expanded the availability of E15 at 10 additional terminals in four states.

A group of 13 Republican senators have asked the EPA to grant general waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

The EPA on Tuesday extended deadlines for obligated parties to comply with the Renewable Fuel Standard.

With Michael Regan now sworn in as the new EPA administrator, biofuels and petroleum interests argue their sides on the future of the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Year-round E15 sales will be allowed in the Kansas City metro area for the first time, as the EPA made final approval on Friday.

A number of senators have asked U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to provide financial assistance to biofuels producers.

New legislation introduced in the United States House of Representatives on Tuesday would provide more transparency and set tighter deadlines for small refiners seeking exemptions to the Renewable Fuels Standard. The bill also would require EPA to make quicker decisions when...

Drivers in the United Kingdom will be able to fill up with E10 blends come September, after the U.K. government announced it would be expanding the use of ethanol.