Ethanol Blog

Agriculture and biofuels interests are trying to intervene in a lawsuit in Europe challenging a European Union law that effectively bans the use of crop-based biofuels to produce sustainable aviation fuel.

Two state commodity groups in Texas and the National Sorghum Producers asked a federal appeals court to review a new fuel-testing rule contained in the recently finalized vehicle pollution standards that mandate the production of electric vehicles.

The head of the Renewable Fuels Association asked USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service to reconsider a decision to stop reporting county-level farm data.

Federal lawmakers and fuel retailers from Iowa asked the Biden administration to grant a new waiver to allow E15 sales to continue this summer.

The Renewable Fuels Association, Growth Energy and the U.S. Grains Council are pushing for restrictions on Brazilian ethanol's entry into the U.S. unless Brazil permanently removes its tariff on U.S. ethanol.

A group of nearly 1,000 farmers and ethanol industry employees asked President Joe Biden on Wednesday to grant an emergency waiver to allow the continued national sale of E15 this summer.

The Renewable Fuels Association is intervening in an international lawsuit against a European Union maritime regulation that places crop-based biofuels on the same carbon footing as fossil fuels.

Agriculture and biofuels interest groups have asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan to issue an emergency waiver to allow for the continued sale of E15.

Agriculture and biofuels groups asked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to release much-anticipated adjustments to a key climate model used to determine eligibility on a tax credit for sustainable aviation fuel.

A group of 20 federal lawmakers have asked the Biden administration to fight Brazil on its ongoing import tariff on U.S. ethanol.

Sales of E15 and E85 reached record highs in Minnesota last year, with E15 leading the way with a 21% increase compared to 2022.

A new analysis by University of Illinois Urban-Champaign economist Scott Irwin points to the possibility that more biodiesel plants could be closing in 2024 because of tight economic conditions.

Agriculture and fuel groups asked the EPA to deny a December petition by refiners to change the biofuels credit program in the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Thousands of farmers express concern about the national push toward using more electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions, in a letter to President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

A group of Midwest renewable fuels groups have asked the Biden administration's Office of Management and Budget to finalize a rule to sell E15 in eight Midwest states year-round.

A national biofuels group points to the latest data from EPA as proof the agency should have set multi-year Renewable Fuel Standard volumes higher.

New data released by the EPA on Thursday shows seven refining companies have a total of 13 pending requests for small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard, including 12 that were filed in December.

A federal appeals court on Thursday dismissed an appeal filed by Hunt Refining Company that sought to reverse EPA's decision to deny the company's request for a small-refinery exemption from the Renewable Fuel Standard.

The California Air Resources Board is proposing changes to the state's low-carbon fuel standard and the state of Montana recently cleared the way for E15 sales in that state.

Twenty-two members of Congress this week asked the White House to finalize a rule to allow the permanent year-round sale of E15 in eight states.