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Trump’s EPA sides with farmers over refiners on biofuel waivers

By Stephanie Kelly, GFM Network News September 15, 2020

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration said on Monday it rejected scores of requests from U.S. oil refiners for waivers that would have retroactively spared them from their obligation to blend biofuels like ethanol into their fuel, delivering a win for farmers and a blow to the oil industry just ahead of the […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters

COVID-19 spurs new clash between Big Oil, Big Corn

Flagging consumption leads to pressures on U.S. fuels, biofuels

By Stephanie Kelly, GFM Network News April 17, 2020

New York | Reuters — A fuel demand meltdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak in the United States has started up a new fight between the oil and agriculture industries over the nation’s biofuel policy, this time over whether the policy should be suspended or expanded as a result of the crisis. The issue once […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trump’s EPA promises biofuel boost, angers Big Oil

By Humeyra Pamuk, Stephanie Kelly October 4, 2019

Washington/New York | Reuters — The Trump administration on Friday unveiled a plan to boost U.S. biofuels consumption starting next year to help struggling farmers, a move that cheered the agriculture industry but triggered a backlash from Big Oil. The plan would require an unspecified increase in the amount of ethanol that oil refiners must […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Weather

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

Corn, Crops, Reuters

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

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

Trump administration weighs high-ethanol fuel waiver to placate farmers

By Chris Prentice, Jarrett Renshaw April 11, 2018

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering allowing the sale of a higher-ethanol fuel blend in the summer, a source familiar with the issue said, a move that would placate corn growers worried about the future of U.S. biofuels policy. U.S. President Donald Trump recently met with the heads of the Environmental […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

Trump seen putting biofuel reform push on ice, for now

By Jarrett Renshaw April 11, 2018

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration will delay any moves to reform the nation’s biofuel policy for about three months, according to three sources briefed on the matter — a decision one of the sources said was meant to shield farmers worried about a potential trade war with China. The decision comes after […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

Trump pushes Big Corn, Big Oil to break biofuels deadlock

By Jarrett Renshaw March 1, 2018

New York | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump urged representatives from the rival oil and corn industries on Thursday to break a deadlock in talks over the future of the nation’s biofuels policy by accepting a deal involving reforms sought by both sides. Trump has arranged a series of talks between Big Corn and […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

Trump pushes for more talks after ‘no deal’ on biofuels

By Jarrett Renshaw February 27, 2018

Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump has asked for more talks between representatives of the oil and corn industries after a meeting on Tuesday failed to yield an agreement on how to help refiners cope with the country’s biofuels policy. Trump has called the talks between Big Corn and Big Oil amid rising concern in […] Read more

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

Trump biofuel proposals echo those of backer Icahn

By Chris Prentice September 16, 2016

New York | Reuters — Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to weigh into a debate over a controversial U.S. biofuels program with a proposal that would back the position of billionaire investor Carl Icahn, one of his wealthiest backers. In a factsheet on economic policy, the Trump campaign slammed a system of […] Read more

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Trump’s EPA sides with farmers over refiners on biofuel waivers

COVID-19 spurs new clash between Big Oil, Big Corn

Trump’s EPA promises biofuel boost, angers Big Oil

Trump lifts curbs on E15 gasoline

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

Trump administration weighs high-ethanol fuel waiver to placate farmers

Trump seen putting biofuel reform push on ice, for now

Trump pushes Big Corn, Big Oil to break biofuels deadlock

Trump pushes for more talks after ‘no deal’ on biofuels

Trump biofuel proposals echo those of backer Icahn

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