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In a letter to EPA Acting Administrator Jane Nishida, a group of Midwest senators asked the agency to take actions on the small-refinery exemption, E15 and the 2021 renewable volume obligations for the Renewable Fuel Standard.

A Peruvian competition tribunal ruled in favor of the United States in a challenge to Peru's 15-cent per-gallon duty placed in U.S. ethanol imports.

Green Plains Inc. continues its exit from the ethanol fuel business in selling a 65-million-gallon plant in Ord, Nebraska.

As the Biden administration is taking steps to decarbonize the federal vehicle fleet with electric vehicles, a new study finds corn ethanol reduces greenhouse gas emissions compared to petroleum gasoline.

The Renewable Fuels Association filed an emergency petition with a federal court on Wednesday, in an attempt to prevent the EPA from issuing three small-refinery exemptions.

Members of the House biofuels caucus ask President Donald Trump in a letter to reject 32 pending requests for 2019 small-refinery exemptions.

The Renewable Fuels Association on Tuesday told EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler that the group would take legal action if the agency approved small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2019.

Ethanol industry and federal lawmakers ask the incoming Biden administration to make changes to and uphold the Renewable Fuel Standard.

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from refining companies on concerns about EPA's handling of the small-refinery exemption program.

Valero alleges in lawsuit Cypress, Texas,-based Sundive Commodity Group, LLC hasn't delivered on millions of renewable identification numbers, or RINs.

Ingredion Inc. is closing its 45-million-gallon ethanol plant in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, citing an inability to achieve profitability.

The EPA and United Refining Company reached a settlement on an outstanding small-refinery exemptions court case.

The USDA has been authorized to provide financial relief to biofuels producers, as part of legislation passed by Congress on Monday.

Ethanol producers in the United States now face a 20% import tariff on ethanol shipped to Brazil, after negotiations between the two countries ended.

Omaha-based Green Plains Inc. announced it has sold a 100-million-gallon ethanol plant in Hereford, Texas.

With the EPA running behind schedule on releasing proposed 2021 volumes for the Renewable Fuel Standard, the agency now expects to finalize volumes by June 2021.

Ethanol producers are facing margins pressure as plants continue to expand production while domestic demand has fallen.

Biofuels and agriculture groups asked a federal appeals court to vacate EPA's 2018 approval of 31 small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

After the EPA missed the Nov. 30 deadline to finalize the new Renewable Fuel Standard volumes, the leader of the Renewable Fuels Association said the next administration should complete the rule.

California-based Pacific Ethanol Inc., sold its grain-handling facilities at an ethanol plant in Idaho.