February 7, 2013
BY Erin Krueger
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After a prolonged period of implementation delays, the last pieces of the 45Z puzzle are finally coming together.
Reps. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., Nikki Budsinski, D-Ill., and 37 of their colleagues on Oct. 8 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright urging the administration to follow through with SRE reallocations.
As carbon intensity (CI) becomes increasingly important to the value of renewable fuels, the industry is facing a new challenge: making carbon accounting more interoperable between countries, without the adoption of a single, identical model.
The USDA on Oct. 6 announced a $180 million investment to launch the USDA’s Seed Sovereignty Initiative, a major effort to both strengthen U.S. agricultural security by protecting the plant genetic resources and enabling ag innovation.
Renewable Industries Canada, the Farm and Fuels Alliance and Grain Farmers of Ontario are encouraging the Canadian government to update the country’s Clean Fuel Regulations to support domestically produced ethanol.