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The EPA reportedly is considering requests for small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard, from previous compliance years.

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told lawmakers on Wednesday the agency has not made a decision on recent requests for waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard.

As about 150 ethanol plants remain idled or have significantly cut production in recent weeks, a group of senators is asking for a waiver from the Renewable Fuel Standard.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill late Friday that would provide economic relief for biofuels producers as a result of the economic downturn from COVID-19.

Even though ethanol prices have moved off their lows over the last few weeks, concern remains about the ability to spark additional buyer support and push prices higher in the near future.

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from five states where governors asked for Renewable Fuel Standard waivers, asked the EPA to decide on those requests.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is the latest governor to request a waiver from Renewable Fuel Standard volumes for refiners.

Biofuels producers would receive billions of dollars in relief as part of a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mayors from 70 Midwest towns and cities tell EPA in a letter their local economies have suffered during the COVID-19 economic shutdown.

The Governors' Biofuels Coalition has asked EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to deny requests to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard, in a letter sent the agency on Friday.

The U.S. Department of Commerce will leave anti-dumping duties in place against biodiesel imports from Argentina, after reviewing the issue for more than one year.

The heads of ethanol and agriculture groups have asked EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to reject a petition from the American Petroleum Institute to reset 2020 volumes in the Renewable Fuel Standard.

A company developing a diesel engine that can run on ethanol has secured funding to continue its work.

The head of an ethanol interest group in a letter on Monday asked President Donald Trump to do more to help an ethanol industry in financial distress.

Archer Daniels Midland announced on Thursday it is idling two ethanol plants totaling an annual production capacity of about 613 million gallons.

The American Petroleum Institute has asked the EPA to rewrite the 2020 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes to account for a court ruling on the small-refinery exemptions program.

The governors of oil-producing states have asked the EPA to waive Renewable Fuel Standard volume obligations to refiners, pointing to the COVID-19 national emergency.

The leader of the American Coalition for Ethanol has asked EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to make changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard volumes in response to falling gasoline demand during COVID-19.

A new fuel-efficiency rule finalized on Tuesday provides no incentives for higher ethanol blends as part of a high-octane future.

United States senators have asked the president to halt the small-refinery exemptions program if the administration plans to appeal a recent court decision.