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Valero Energy’s ethanol plant at Aurora, S.D., about 90 km north of Sioux Falls. (Valero.com)

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

Corn, Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

U.S. EPA won’t force refiners to make up waived biofuels volumes

By Jarrett Renshaw June 15, 2018

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it cannot make large oil refineries blend additional biofuels into their gasoline to make up for volumes waived under the small refinery hardship waiver program, unless Congress authorizes it. The agency’s decision was certain to anger the powerful U.S. corn lobby and […] Read more

The Big River Resources ethanol plant at West Burlington, Iowa, about 120 km southwest of Davenport. (Steven Vaughn photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Machinery & Shop, Reuters

Trump said considering counting ethanol exports toward quotas

By Jarrett Renshaw May 9, 2018

New York | Reuters — U.S. President Donald Trump told a group of senators on Tuesday he is considering allowing exported ethanol to count toward the volumes mandated under the nation’s biofuels law, a move intended to appease both Big Oil and Big Corn by cutting the refiners’ regulatory costs while preserving demand for corn. […] 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

Cruz urges U.S. biofuel policy revamp at rally for bankrupt refiner

By Jarrett Renshaw February 21, 2018

Philadelphia | Reuters — Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas on Wednesday urged President Donald Trump’s administration to push for an overhaul of the nation’s biofuels policy, during a rally at a Pennsylvania oil refinery that blames its bankruptcy on the controversial regulation. “We need a federal government that stands up for workers, not against […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters

U.S. Midwest lawmakers will consider biofuel changes

By Jarrett Renshaw December 14, 2017

New York | Reuters — U.S. lawmakers from states that produce corn for ethanol plants said on Wednesday they would consider proposals from Senator Ted Cruz of Texas to help the oil refining industry cope with the nation’s biofuels regulation, but would never agree on anything that diminishes the program. The price of U.S. renewable […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. biodiesel executives plead guilty over fraud scheme

By Reuters October 12, 2016

New York | Reuters — Two men pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on Wednesday to conspiracy, fraud and making false statements related to the U.S. government’s controversial policy designed to boost use of renewable fuels, according to court documents. The case comes in the last four weeks of a contentious U.S. presidential election campaign […] Read more

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

U.S. EPA won’t force refiners to make up waived biofuels volumes

Trump said considering counting ethanol exports toward quotas

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

Cruz urges U.S. biofuel policy revamp at rally for bankrupt refiner

U.S. Midwest lawmakers will consider biofuel changes

U.S. biodiesel executives plead guilty over fraud scheme

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