Lawmakers in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 13 reintroduced the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act. The bill aims to enable year-round sales of E15 on a nationwide basis.
The Trump Administration has signaled it will consider reciprocal tariffs against Brazilian ethanol as part of its “Fair and Reciprocal Plan” for trade. The Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy are welcoming the action.
The U.S. Senate on Feb. 13 voted 72 to 28 to confirm Brooke Rollins to serve as secretary of agriculture. Representatives of the biofuel and bioenergy industries have spoken out in support of her confirmation.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 6 denied a request from the Trump administration to pause the SRE lawsuit currently pending before the court. The court is currently scheduled to hear oral arguments for the case on March 25.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration on Feb. 12 announced it would postpone a meeting of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee that was scheduled to take place that day.
The U.S. agricultural industry is a global leader in high-quality, affordable feed grains and their co-products including biofuels like ethanol and feed additives like distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS).
Growth Energy identifies specific policy goals and actions the 119th Congress and the incoming Trump administration should take to unleash American energy dominance through the expanded use of homegrown American ethanol.
The U.S. and Canada are both at political crossroads. Policies that deliver real economic, environmental and rural benefits will take center stage—and ethanol is uniquely positioned to deliver.
The California Air Resources Board has approved point-of-origin feedstock tracking requirements for crop-based biofuels, adding appeal to emerging traceability technologies and programs.
On Feb. 6, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association sent a letter signed by 2025 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit attendees to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, calling for an immediate fix for year-round E15.
New markets, export opportunities and policy changes are all things that will help build demand, said IRFA Executive Director Monte Shaw at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit. The nearest term demand driver should be year-round E15, he added.
The U.K. Department for Transport has announced it will invest £63 million over the next year under its Advanced Fuels Fund to support SAF producers. The agency also issued a response to its consultation on a revenue certainty mechanism for SAF.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration has announced the Renewable Energy and Energy Advisory Committee will hold a meeting Feb. 12 in Washington, D.C. The event will also be streamed online.
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.”
The U.S. Senate on Jan. 29 voted 56 to 42 to confirm Lee Zeldin to serve as administrator of the U.S. EPA. Representatives of the biofuels industry are congratulating Zeldin and expressing confidence he will keep the RFS on track.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Jan. 24 sent a letter to Acting U.S. EPA Administrator James Payne urging the agency to further delay implementation of a final rule to allow E15 to be sold year-round in eight Midwest states starting in 2025.
Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Texas, on Jan. 16 introduced a bill that aims to repeal the Section 45Z clean fuel production credit. The tax credit, established by the IRA, supports the production of various low-carbon transportation fuels.
The South Dakota House of Representatives on Jan. 27 voted 49 to 19 to approve a bill that would prevent the use of eminent domain for the development of CO2 pipelines, in a move opponents say will cause economic harm to the state.
SAF Magazine, in collaboration with the CAAFI, has announced the 2025 North American SAF Conference & Expo will be held Sept. 22-24 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Speaker abstracts can be submitted through May 9.
Brooke Rollins, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of agriculture, discussed her support for biofuels and addressed concerns over her ties to the oil industry during a Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 23.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 23 voted 11-8 to advance the nomination of Lee Zeldin to serve as administrator of the U.S. EPA. The next step in the confirmation process is a full Senate vote.
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and a bipartisan groups of colleagues on Jan. 16 reintroduced the Farm to Fly Act, a bill that aims to accelerate the production and development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
USDA Rural Development on Jan. 21 announced the launch of a new Clean Energy website that aims to support the expanded use of biomass, wind, solar, hydropower and geothermal energy in rural power production.
Growth Energy on Jan. 21 submitted a comment to the U.S. EPA urging the agency not to proceed with a proposal to partially waive the 2024 cellulosic biofuel volume requirement under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 issued an executive order declaring a national energy emergency. One component of the order directs the U.S. EPA to consider issuing emergency fuel waivers to allow year-round E15 sales.
The U.S. EPA on Jan. 17 published its third triennial report to Congress on biofuels and the environment. The document, the third in a series of required reports to Congress, takes a critical view of the RFS’s impact on the environment.
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