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As a result of what was one of the largest Renewable Fuel Standard tax credit conspiracies ever perpetrated, a federal court sentenced five people from Utah and California for a combined 83 years in prison.

Six ethanol and agriculture interest groups said in a letter to President Joe Biden on Wednesday that without a waiver from the administration E15 sales will cease by June 1.

Archer Daniels Midland asked a federal court to dismiss one of two ethanol market lawsuits filed against the company. Midwest Renewable Energy LLC filed an amended complaint after the same court dismissed the first lawsuit.

The Japanese government made a rule change this week that will allow ethanol produced in the U.S. to fully access the country's fuel market.

Gasoline retailers and ethanol industry officials have been meeting with federal lawmakers and Biden administration officials this week in Washington, D.C., making a case for an emergency waiver to allow E15 sales to continue this summer.

A recent poll conducted on behalf of the Renewable Fuels Association found national support for allowing E15 sales year-round.

The Renewable Fuels Association pressed EPA Administrator Michael Regan to grant a waiver to allow E15 sales to continue beginning on June 1. Without a waiver, E15 would not be available at the pump throughout the summer.

The Renewable Fuels Association pressed EPA Administrator Michael Regan to grant a waiver to allow E15 sales to continue beginning on June 1. Without a waiver, E15 would not be available at the pump throughout the summer.

Ethanol groups asked EPA to allow E15 sales to continue this summer during a public hearing on a proposal to make the sales permanent in eight states beginning in 2024.

Canadian biodiesel and renewable diesel producers are bracing for a change in the blender's tax credit to take effect in the U.S. The Inflation Reduction Act changed the credit to a producer's credit only available to U.S. producers.

Attorneys general in Nebraska and Iowa have given EPA 60 days to change the effective date of a proposed E15 rule from 2024 to 2023, in response to the petitions of eight states to allow E15 to be sold permanently.

The state of Arizona will now allow the sale of E15 in the Greater Phoenix area when a final rule takes effect on March 15.

A study by Life Cycle Associates found the Renewable Fuel Standard has cut greenhouse gas emissions by 1.2 billion metric tons since 2008.

A group of U.S. senators has asked President Joe Biden to address Brazil's recent reimplementation of an ethanol import tariff on U.S. ethanol, during a scheduled meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Washington on Friday.

A bipartisan group of 31 federal lawmakers asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan and the Office of Management and Budget to respond to a request by nine Midwest states to allow year-round E15 sales.

Although Clean Air Act deadline came and went in July 2022 for EPA to respond to states' request to take action to allow year-round E15 sales, the agency has yet to act after 270 days. Attorneys general are now giving the EPA until the end of January.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Thursday the awarding of $118 million to 17 biofuels projects across the country, including many for sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, algae-based fuels, as well as a handful of projects to improve corn-ethanol emissions.

Iowa native and former U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, U.S. Medal of Honor recipient, is scheduled to speak on March 1 during the National Ethanol Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Missouri Gov. Michael L. Parson filed an official request with the EPA last week to make a change to federal law for the state to allow permanent year-round E15 sales.

Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor on Monday asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan to schedule an in-person public hearing in the Midwest on the agency's latest Renewable Fuel Standard proposal.