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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.

The states of Iowa and Nebraska have asked a federal court to reject an EPA proposal to finalize an E15 fuel blend rule for eight states by March, saying in a court brief on Wednesday the agency already violates the law.

The attorneys general for Iowa and Nebraska asked a federal court on Wednesday to issue a permanent injunction against EPA to force the agency to finalize a rule allowing permanent year-round sales of E15 in eight states.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled EPA's denial of about 100 small-refinery exemption requests was contrary to law, sending the requests back to the Biden administration for further action.

Conestoga Energy and SAFFiRE Renewables, LLC announced an agreement on Thursday to launch a cellulosic ethanol production pilot project, with the goal of eventually commercially production sustainable aviation fuel.

Richardton, North Dakota,-based Red Trail Energy announced this week it will be bringing CO2 removal credits from ethanol production to the voluntary market.