June 19, 2015
BY Anna Simet
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The USGC escorted a delegation of more than 20 energy sector stakeholders and government officials to the 30th National Ethanol Conference, held in Nashville, Tennessee. USGC President and CEO Ryan LeGrand spoke about ethanol markets at the event.
Growth Energy commended the U.S. EPA after the agency announced that it would reconsider its Multi-Pollutant Emissions Standards for Model Years 2027 and Later Light-Duty and Medium-Duty Vehicles, otherwise known as the tailpipe emissions rule.
The U.S. EPA on March 12 announced it has kicked off a formal reconsideration of 2009 Endangerment Finding, which forms the legal basis for GHG regulations, and is considering the elimination of the agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.
On March 11, U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., at a press conference urging Congress to fulfill President Trump’s pledge to allow the sale of year-round E15.
Growth Energy has offered the Trump administration a list of foreign trade barriers that should be targeted for elimination by the USTR, including those focused on Brazil’s tariffs, China’s import commitments and European caps on crop-based biofuels.