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CRFA Welcomes New Report Promoting Biofuels in Atlantic Canada
The Canadian Renewable Fuels Association today welcomed the release of a new report detailing a vision for the future of biofuels in Atlantic Canada. The report, "Fuelling the Future: Atlantic Canadas Bioenergy Opportunities Project"proposes that a biofuels production industry in Atlantic Canada could stimulate significant economic growth, increase provincial tax revenues, and create jobs. "More ...
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BC takes action with renewable fuel regulation
Ottawa, ON: British Columbia’s leadership in moving towards low-carbon fuels was confirmed this week with the publishing of new regulations requiring 5% renewable content in gasoline and diesel fuel supplied in the province by 2010. The regulation is a significant step towards B.C.’s goal of reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent below 2007 levels by 2020. The ...
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Canada Announces Proposed Clean Fuel Regulations
On December 19, 2020, the Government of Canada’s Department of the Environment published a proposed rule titled Clean Fuel Regulations. The proposed rule addresses Canada’s concerns in achieving its net-zero emissions by 2050 under the Paris Agreement. In an effort to reduce the largest sources of greenhouse gases (GHG), the Clean Fuel Regulations would require liquid fossil fuel ...
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POET hires Director of Federal Affairs
POET has hired Rob Walther as Director of Federal Affairs, tasked with opening a POET office in Washington, D.C. Walther will represent POET and highlight the value of domestic, renewable biofuel in talks with members of Congress, their staffs and federal agencies regulating renewable fuels. “My career has always centered on work to create a sustainable transportation fuel sector,” ...
By Poet, LLC
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Thursday, June 25: EPA to Hold Public Hearing in Kansas City, Kan., on Proposed Rule for Renewable Fuel Standards
On Thursday, June 25, EPA will hold a national public hearing in Kansas City, Kan., to receive comments on the Agency’s proposed rule, “Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2014, 2015, and 2016 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2017.” EPA is responsible for developing and implementing regulations to ensure that transportation fuel sold in the United States contains ...
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Canada`s 5% Renewable Fuels Standard Gets Green Light
Release of milestone regulations will deliver on promise of economic growth & GHG reductions OTTAWA, ONTARIO - The Government of Canada today released its final regulations requiring ethanol and biodiesel blended transportation fuels in Canada. "This is a milestone day for renewable fuels in Canada," said Gordon Quaiattini, President of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association. "These ...
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EPA Finalizes Voluntary Quality Assurance Program for Renewable Fuel Credits
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a voluntary third party auditing program to ensure the validity of renewable identification numbers (RINs) petroleum refiners use to demonstrate compliance with the annual renewable fuel standard. Refiners that choose to have their RINs verified would be eligible for an affirmative defense should those renewable fuel credits later turn out to be ...
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Utah-Based Washakie Renewable Energy, LLC Settles Renewable Fuel Standard Violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a settlement with Utah-based Washakie Renewable Energy, LLC, that resolves allegations that the company generated more than 7.2 million invalid renewable fuel credits worth more than $2 million. From January to October of 2010, Washakie generated more than 7.2 million Renewable Identification ...
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Judge Questions EPA’s Delay in Issuing 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard Rule
A federal appellate judge questioned during oral arguments April 7 the Environmental Protection Agency's “egregious” delay in issuing the 2013 renewable fuel standard blending requirements. “Why in the world is EPA so egregiously late on this, and why are they consistently [late]?” Judge Thomas Griffith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ...
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Trump Administration Turns Back on Certainty for Farmers, Leaves Future of RFS In Epa’s Hands
Today the EPA released the final Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) rule setting blend levels for 2020. Included in the rule was a provision intended to fulfill President Donald Trump’s commitment to ensure blend levels are met by stopping demand destruction caused by small refinery exemptions (SREs). Unfortunately, the final rule fails to do this in a way that creates market certainty, instead ...
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Manitoba Government Working on Amendments to Biofuels Mandates
The government of Manitoba, Canada, is currently working to amend three regulations under the Biofuels Act. The amendments will update Manitoba’s clean fuel standards by increasing the ethanol and renewable fuel content in gasoline. The proposed amendments include: “Ethanol General Regulation is amended to: Include the latest fuel standards for ethanol blended gasoline; Remove ...
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Neste Oil sold its first batch of NExBTL renewable diesel to the US market
Neste Oil CorporationPress release26 April 2012 at 9:20 am (EET) Neste Oil sold its first batch of NExBTL renewable diesel to the US market Neste Oil has recently supplied its first batch of NExBTL renewable diesel to the US market. The fuel, which qualifies as an advanced biofuel in the US, was produced at the company's Porvoo refinery in Finland from waste fats. "We are very pleased to see ...
By Neste
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Senate Interior Appropriations Bill Requires EPA to Act on eRINs
The RFS Power Coalition today applauded the passage of H.R. 3055 (116), the Senate's Interior Appropriations bill. The Interior-EPA portion of the spending package includes a provision led by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) requiring the EPA to take swift action on existing eRIN applications: Electric Pathway.—The Committee notes the backlog of applications under the Renewable Fuels Pathway ...
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DOE, EPA, And USDA Release Biogas Opportunities Roadmap Progress Report
On December 16, 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released the Biogas Opportunities Roadmap Progress Report. The report shows the timeline of achievements that have been made since 2014 when the Roadmap was originally created, including the new Renewable Fuel Standard rule, streamlined REAP applications ...
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Is EPA stacking the deck against ethanol?
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) today asserted that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stacked the deck against biofuels in its process to “peer review” the agency’s indirect land use change analysis (ILUC) conducted for the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) proposed rule. This morning the EPA released the much anticipated peer reviews of its lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) analysis ...
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BIO Welcomes 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard Rules
The Renewable Fuel Standard continues to ensure that the U.S. fuel market will be open to advanced and cellulosic biofuels as producers ramp up production. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today welcomed the Environmental Protection Agency’s release of proposed RFS rules and volume projections for 2013: “This is a pivotal year for cellulosic and advanced biofuels. ...
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BIO Comments on EPA’s 2013 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Rules
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) recently submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the proposed Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS). The comments emphasized that continued stable implementation of the RFS provides companies developing innovative new advanced and cellulosic biofuels confidence that the U.S. fuel market ...
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BIO Welcomes EPA Final Rule on New Advanced and Cellulosic Biofuels
On Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued long-awaited approval for new feedstocks and biofuel processes under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The rule was first proposed in January 2012 and now clears a path for advanced and cellulosic biofuels from camelina and energy cane, as well as renewable gasoline from previously approved biomass sources, to contribute to U.S. energy ...
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Companies with Commercial Biofuels and Biobased Chemicals - Get Ready For CDR
In less than two months, renewable fuel and biobased chemical companies that have successfully moved from research and development to commercialization will be required to respond to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This may come as a surprise to some biobased chemicals companies that are under the ...
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