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Agencies Want Navigable Waters Lawsuit Dismissed – DTN Aug 27, 2020
Attorneys for EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asked a federal court this week to throw out a lawsuit challenging the Navigable Waters Protection Rule. Back in July, […]
EPA Lawsuits: Environmental Groups Ask Court to Kill Water Rule – DTN Jul 14, 2020
The plaintiffs in one of several lawsuits challenging the Navigable Waters Protection Rule have asked a federal court to vacate the rule. In a motion for summary judgment filed at […]
EPA Science Board Directive Defeated – DTN Feb 28, 2020
A federal court has set aside an EPA directive banning scientists from serving on scientific advisory boards if they hold agency grants. The ruling leaves attorneys on both sides of […]
Clean Water Act: Dry Land Excluded if New WOTUS Rule Passes – DTN Dec 11, 2018
Dry land would no longer be subject to Clean Water Act jurisdiction and the so-called “significant nexus” test would be eliminated in a newly proposed waters of the United States, […]
Ag, Ethanol Groups to Trump – We Need Relief Now, Not Later – DTN Sep 14, 2018
Leaders of several agriculture and ethanol groups on Wednesday appealed to President Donald Trump to immediately approve year-round sales of E15 and to reallocate Renewable Fuel Standard small-refinery waivers to […]
Biodiesel: RFS Waivers – Huge Losses for Farmers – DTN Jul 20, 2018
EPA had not planned to address small-refinery waivers in a public hearing on Wednesday, but farmers and biofuels groups had other ideas as they unloaded on the agency. EPA is […]
EPA Acting Admin. Wheeler Plans to Reign in Regulations – DTN Jul 13, 2018
Doors at EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C., were open to the press on Wednesday, as new Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler addressed agency employees about the future of the EPA. While […]
Ethanol Plant Margins Improve – DTN Jul 12, 2018
A rise in ethanol prices and a drop in corn prices since the end of May helped boost the net margin for DTN’s hypothetical 50-million-gallon ethanol plant in South Dakota. […]
Biofuel Losses to EPA Waivers: “Gut Punch to Midwest farmers…” – DTN Jun 28, 2018
The amount of biofuels gallons lost to small refinery waivers was worse than many had estimated. The EPA granted waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2016 and 2017, totaling […]
Biofuel Policy: Trump’s EPA Not Helping the Industry – DTN Jun 13, 2018
While President Donald Trump continues to express his undying love for the ethanol industry, Trump’s EPA continues to march in a different direction. This seeming confusion on biofuel policy continues […]
