U.S. biofuel groups on Friday pushed back against a government report that found federal renewable fuel use targets would raise gasoline and diesel prices, slamming the study as “unrealistic.”
Expressing urgent concerns about a proposed cut, 52 U.S. representatives from across the country called on President Obama this week to continue growing biodiesel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
The National Biodiesel Board has filed a petition challenging the legal standing of Monroe Energy in its lawsuit contesting the renewable fuel standard (RFS). Since the RFS program began in July of 2010, the petroleum sector has proposed a number of legal theories to eliminate or undermine EPA’s required annual standard setting.
National Biodiesel Board Sustainability Director Don Scott shares his thoughts on biodiesel innovation.
Ed Ulch has been fueling his farm equipment with biodiesel for 12 years or more. He ordered the first blends, shipped in 2½ -gallon jugs, from a plant in Kansas. The volume of U.S. production has changed since then.
EPA likely will not issue final 2014 Renewable Fuels Standard volume requirements this week as the agency had planned, a National Biodiesel Board spokesman said Thursday.
A Missouri high school is getting a major upgrade to its biodiesel center. Officials at Rockwood Summit High School in Fenton, Mo. broke ground on the new Monsanto Education Center for Sustainable Solutions, a facility to teach students the value of renewable fuels, such as biodiesel.
Biodiesel producers from across the country are in Washington, D.C. today to make a final push back against the federal government’s latest proposal for the amount of biodiesel to be mixed into the nation’s fuel supply.
Nearly 100 biodiesel producers, feedstock suppliers and other advocates are traveling to Washington, D.C., this week to voice concerns about the Obama administration’s proposed renewable fuel standard (RFS) for biodiesel.
Just six months ago, the future burned bright for a Barrio Logan refinery that collects used cooking oil from hundreds of San Diego-area restaurants and turns it into motor fuel for standard diesel engines.
