September 23, 2013
BY Tom Buis
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On Jan. 30, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association congratulated Doug Burgum on being confirmed as U.S. Secretary of the Interior. He will also chair President Donald Trump’s new National Energy Council.
Representatives of the U.S. biofuels and bioenergy industries are among more than 160 companies, trade groups, labor unions and policy organizations that are calling on federal lawmakers to maintain support for the 45Q tax credit.
Legislation introduced in the Kansas legislature on Jan. 15 aims to create a 5-cent-per-gallon tax credit to support the sale of higher ethanol blends, such as E15. Lawmakers are also being asked to consider a similar incentive for biobased diesel.
A bill introduced in the North Dakota Senate aims to create a low-carbon fuels fund that would help the state’s ethanol producers lower the CI of the fuel they produce, increasing local demand for corn and helping producers access SAF markets.
The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause the small refinery exemption (SRE) lawsuit currently pending before the court while the agency “reassesses the basis for and the soundness of the denial actions.”