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Oil Industry Urges Trump Administration to Dismiss Biofuel Industry Wish List

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday urged the Trump administration to reject proposals floated by U.S. farmers and ethanol producers to boost ethanol demand, the latest development in the clash over biofuel policy. President Donald Trump last week said his administration was planning a “giant package” related to ethanol that would please U.S. farmers angry that many more oil refiners have … Continue reading Oil Industry Urges Trump Administration to Dismiss Biofuel Industry Wish List

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Trump Orders Biofuel Boost in Bid to Temper Farm State Anger

President Trump, seeking to tamp down political fallout in U.S. farm states essential to his reelection, has ordered federal agencies to shift course on relieving some oil refineries of requirements to use biofuel such as corn-based ethanol. Trump and top Cabinet leaders decided late Thursday they wouldn’t make changes to just-issued waivers that allow small refineries to ignore the mandates, but agreed to start boosting … Continue reading Trump Orders Biofuel Boost in Bid to Temper Farm State Anger

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Senators To Spend Billions on Electric Car Infrastructure

WASHINGTON – Republican and Democratic senators have agreed to pump billions of dollars in federal funding into building electric car charging stations and other infrastructure for low-emission vehicles. Under an appropriations bill released by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Monday, the Transportation Department would distribute $3.5 billion over the next five years for projects that reduce carbon emissions from transportation. It would also … Continue reading Senators To Spend Billions on Electric Car Infrastructure

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Japan Receives First Shipment of ETBE from US Corn-Based Ethanol

Following a recent policy change by the Japanese Government, the country has received its first shipment of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) made from US corn-based ethanol. According to the US Grains Council (USGC), this first shipment to Japan marks the country’s new demand for US ethanol-based products, as well as a milestone in efforts to develop the US ethanol market internationally. The policy change recognises … Continue reading Japan Receives First Shipment of ETBE from US Corn-Based Ethanol

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TOP 10 Electric vehicles in the US

Tesla was the electric-vehicle sales leader in the US by a wide margin during the first half of 2019, according to estimates from the electric-vehicle website InsideEVs. It sold around 83,875 vehicles in the US between January and June, InsideEVs estimated, over 10 times the number of vehicles sold by General Motors, which came in second in the rankings. While Tesla sells three fully-electric models, … Continue reading TOP 10 Electric vehicles in the US

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US Biodiesel Company Commits Environmental Fraud

Federal officials in California fined a San Joaquin biodiesel manufacturing company $401,000 for violating Clean Water Act violations after the firm admitted to tampering with monitoring equipment and dumping wastewater into a city sewer system in Stockton. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced July 11 the fines against American Biodiesel Inc., saying employees tampered with flow meters and acidity recordings … Continue reading US Biodiesel Company Commits Environmental Fraud

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Will EPA Kill The Small Biofuel Farmers?

President Donald Trump followed through on his promise to break down regulatory barriers at the Environmental Protection Agency and allow year-round E15 sales. Iowa’s farmers and ethanol producers are grateful. But the E15 rule will not make up for the damage that EPA is doing with its small refinery exemptions — particularly not for small biodiesel producers. Over the past year, the biodiesel and renewable … Continue reading Will EPA Kill The Small Biofuel Farmers?

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Trump Orders Review of Controversial Biofuel Waiver Program

U.S. President Donald Trump has directed members of his Cabinet to review the administration’s expanded use of waivers exempting small refineries from the nation’s biofuel policy, after hearing from farmers angry about the issue during his recent Midwest tour, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Trump’s move underscores the rising political importance of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard, a more than decade-old law … Continue reading Trump Orders Review of Controversial Biofuel Waiver Program

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US Ethanol Makers Buy Brazilian Corn

Some U.S. ethanol makers are considering buying corn from Brazil to guarantee supply as domestic crop prices are rising, the chief of the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) said on Tuesday. “I haven’t heard that it is happening, but I have heard some chatter that there are people looking at it, because of the growing spread between U.S. and Brazil corn prices,” Chief Executive Geoff Cooper … Continue reading US Ethanol Makers Buy Brazilian Corn

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Colorado Auto Dealers are Peddling Misinformation about Electric Vehicles

At Plug In America, we represent the more than 1 million Americans who have switched to electric vehicles (EVs). We also train and support many auto dealers who recognize that more and more consumers want EVs because they are fun to drive, offer greater convenience and are cheaper to fuel and maintain. This is why we were surprised and baffled by the recent opinion piece … Continue reading Colorado Auto Dealers are Peddling Misinformation about Electric Vehicles

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