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Biofuels: EPA Rejects RFS Small-Refinery Petition – DTN Nov 5, 2021
The EPA on Friday denied one small-refinery exemption petition to the Renewable Fuel Standard, according to the agency RFS dashboard, leaving 65 petitions still pending. The denial of a small-refinery […]
Biofuels: EPA Moves to Remand ’18 RFS Exemptions – DTN Sep 2, 2021
EPA wants a second look at its 2019 decision to grant 31 small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard for 2018, after the Supreme Court ruled this summer that a […]
Biofuels: Supreme Court Sides With Refiners on RFS – DTN Jun 25, 2021
Friday’s ruling by the Supreme Court siding with petroleum refiners over the biofuels industry could drive down demand for corn, soybeans and other biofuels crops as the Environmental Protection Agency […]
Biofuels: Biden Administration Reportedly Considering RFS Relief for Oil Refiners Jun 18, 2021
Reuters writers Jarrett Renshaw and Stephanie Kelly reported late last week that, “President Joe Biden’s administration, under pressure from labor unions and U.S. senators including from his home state of Delaware, is […]
Biofuels: Court Vacates Refinery RFS Exemptions – DTN May 20, 2021
A federal court on Wednesday vacated three small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard granted by the outgoing Trump administration on Jan. 19, according to a court ruling. The EPA […]
Biofuels: EPA Asks Court to Vacate RFS Exemptions – DTN May 4, 2021
EPA asked a federal court Friday to vacate three small-refinery exemptions (SRE) the outgoing Trump administration granted on Jan. 19, just days before the Biden administration was to take office. […]
Biofuel-Blending Waiver Case Receives Supreme Court Hearing Apr 29, 2021
Bloomberg writer Jennifer A Dlouhy reported earlier this week that, “A long-running clash between gasoline and ethanol producers will be before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a case that […]
Biofuels: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Major RFS Case – DTN Apr 27, 2021
The future of the small-refinery exemptions program likely will come down to the meaning of the word “extension” in the Renewable Fuel Standard. During oral arguments Tuesday, justices on the […]
Biofuels: EPA Changes Course on RFS Exemptions – DTN Feb 24, 2021
The EPA is changing course on small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard, announcing Monday it agrees with a court of appeals decision last year that the agency had mismanaged […]
Biofuels: EPA Supports 10th Circuit’s Renewable Fuels Association Decision Feb 23, 2021
Reuters writer Stephanie Kelly reported on Monday that, “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday that it agrees with an appeals court’s decision last year that cast doubt on a program that granted oil refiners exemptions to […]
