Ethanol Blog

The chief executive officer of the American Coalition for Ethanol told President Joe Biden on Monday that states should not have to sue to force EPA to grant a waiver to eight Midwest states to allow permanent year-round E15 sales beginning in 2024.

A group of more than 20 state-level corn and ethanol associations asked EPA Administrator Michael Regan to finish up work on a request by eight Midwest governors to allow for year-round E15 sales in those states.

The states of Nebraska and Iowa filed a federal lawsuit on Monday after the EPA missed the deadline to finalize a rule to allow year-round E15 sales permanently in eight Midwest states.

Four refineries have petitioned federal appeals courts for review of EPA's decision to reject 26 of 28 pending small-refinery exemption requests to the Renewable Fuel Standard on July 14.

The Renewable Fuels Association calls on the EPA to finalize a petition to allow year-round E15 sales in eight states starting in 2024.

New legislation offered in the U.S. Senate would put flexible-fuel vehicles on a level playing field with electric vehicles on carbon emissions.

Ethanol interest group Growth Energy filed a brief in support of the EPA in a legal case challenging recent agency actions on the Renewable Fuel Standard.

The EPA on Friday updated its dashboard online announcing various actions on a number of pending Renewable Fuel Standard small-refinery waiver requests.