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Trump backs plan boosting biofuel quotas 10 per cent in 2020

By Jarrett Renshaw, Stephanie Kelly September 16, 2019

New York | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has tentatively approved a plan to increase the amount of biofuels that oil refiners are required to blend each year to compensate for exemptions handed out to small refiners by the Environmental Protection Agency, two sources familiar with the matter said. The plan is intended to […] Read more

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White House seen aiming to calm U.S. farmer unrest over biofuels

By Humeyra Pamuk, Jarrett Renshaw August 20, 2019

New York/Washington | Reuters — President Donald Trump’s administration has been scrambling to stem the tide of rising anger in Farm Belt states after its decision this month to allow numerous oil refiners to mix less ethanol into their gasoline, sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Trump held a two-hour meeting on Monday with members of […] Read more

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U.S. ethanol industry nearing breaking point: Green Plains CEO

By Jarrett Renshaw, Stephanie Kelly July 29, 2019

New York | Reuters – The U.S. ethanol industry is about to break under the weight of the Trump Administration’s trade war with China and the surge in the number of small refineries exempted from the nation’s biofuel laws, said Todd Becker, CEO of Green Plains. The U.S. ethanol industry was preparing for growth in […] Read more

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As Biden tours Iowa, farmers want to know where he stands on ethanol

By Reuters, Jarrett Renshaw, GFM Network News June 11, 2019

New York | Reuters — Joe Biden may have an ethanol problem. The former U.S. vice-president has pledged support for advanced biofuels as part of his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. But Biden, who leads the crowded Democratic field in opinion polls in Iowa and nationally, faces lingering questions in the U.S. Farm […] Read more

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Trump lifts curbs on E15 gasoline

By Humeyra Pamuk, Jarrett Renshaw May 31, 2019

Washington | Reuters — The Trump administration on Friday lifted restrictions on the sale of higher ethanol blends of gasoline, keeping a campaign promise to farmers suffering from the trade war with China but inviting a legal challenge from the oil industry. The announcement allows gasoline stations to sell blends containing up to 15 per […] Read more

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ADM’s move to spin off ethanol assets speaks to industry’s woes

By Chris Prentice, Jarrett Renshaw, P.j. Huffstutter April 26, 2019

New York/Chicago | Reuters — Biofuels pioneer Archer Daniels Midland took another step toward abandoning its pure-play ethanol assets on Friday, the latest sign of the industry’s struggles with U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade wars, thin margins, and overproduction. U.S. law requires ethanol to be blended into gasoline but domestic demand for the biofuel added […] Read more

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Midwest floods hammer U.S. ethanol industry

By Jarrett Renshaw, Stephanie Kelly April 8, 2019

New York | Reuters — The March floods that punished the U.S. Midwest have roiled the ethanol industry, hammering prices and trapping barrels in the country’s interior while the U.S. coasts suffer from shortages of the biofuel. The historic March floods have dealt a series of blows to large swaths of an ethanol industry that […] Read more

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Floods shut nearly a sixth of U.S. ethanol production

By Humeyra Pamuk, Jarrett Renshaw March 22, 2019

Mead, Neb./New York | Reuters — Massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest has knocked out roughly 13 per cent of the nation’s ethanol production capacity, as plants in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota have been forced to shut down or scale back production following the devastation. Production facilities owned by large companies like Archer Daniels […] Read more

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Trump’s EPA unveils plan to pump up ethanol as Big Oil cries foul

By Humeyra Pamuk, Jarrett Renshaw March 12, 2019

Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday released its proposed rule lifting a summer ban on higher-ethanol blends of gasoline to help farmers, putting the agency on a collision course with Big Oil which has called the move illegal. The proposal to broaden sales of the so-called E15 rule marks the latest flashpoint […] Read more

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U.S. EPA changed rules to help refiners get biofuel waivers, suit alleges

By Jarrett Renshaw March 7, 2019

Reuters — U.S. environmental regulators quietly changed the way they assess applications from refineries for waivers from the nation’s biofuels law, making it possible for highly profitable plants to secure lucrative exemptions, according to court documents filed by a biofuels trade group on Thursday. The new documents, part of a lawsuit that began last year, […] Read more

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Trump backs plan boosting biofuel quotas 10 per cent in 2020

White House seen aiming to calm U.S. farmer unrest over biofuels

U.S. ethanol industry nearing breaking point: Green Plains CEO

As Biden tours Iowa, farmers want to know where he stands on ethanol

Trump lifts curbs on E15 gasoline

ADM’s move to spin off ethanol assets speaks to industry’s woes

Midwest floods hammer U.S. ethanol industry

Floods shut nearly a sixth of U.S. ethanol production

Trump’s EPA unveils plan to pump up ethanol as Big Oil cries foul

U.S. EPA changed rules to help refiners get biofuel waivers, suit alleges

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