3/29/2019
Growth Energy Backs E15 Year-Round Proposal at EPA Hearing

YPSILANTI, MI – Today, Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor testified at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) hearing on the proposed rule to implement year-round sales of E15, a fuel blended with 15 percent ethanol. Skor spoke alongside farmers, retailers, and ethanol producers in support of this proposal, pressing EPA to finalize the rule before […]

3/14/2019
New Small Refinery Exemptions “A Slap in the Face to Rural Communities”

Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor issued the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that it granted five new small refinery exemptions for 2017, bringing the total gallons of lost demand to 2.6 billion in 2016-2017:

11/18/2019
E15 Summer Sales Up 46 Percent in 2019

WASHINGTON, DC — Growth Energy announced that summer sales of E15 – a fuel with 15 percent renewable biofuel often sold as Unleaded 88 at the pump – are up 46 percent in 2019 compared to 2018 on a per-store basis. Additionally, for the first time, this past summer saw the number of stores offering Unleaded […]

11/14/2019
Skor Joins USDA on Trade Mission to Mexico

11/12/2019
NASCAR Continues to Validate Benefits of E15 with 15 Million Miles of Performance

PHOENIX – Last weekend at the Bluegreen Vacations 500, NASCAR reached a significant milestone, announcing that their drivers have surpassed 15 million miles on Sunoco Green E15, a fuel made with 15 percent American ethanol. NASCAR adopted E15 in 2011 across its three national series to reduce emissions in the sport, while maintaining the high-performance standard needed […]

11/8/2019
Growth Energy Participates in USDA Trade Mission to West Africa

Pictured above from left to right: Green Plains Inc. Head of International Ethanol Trading Brandon Thomas., U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie Sullivan, Growth Energy Senior Vice President of Global Markets Craig Willis, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky, and Ag Counselor for the U.S. Embassy Charles Rush. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Growth Energy […]

11/7/2019
Growth Energy Applauds Elected Champions Rallying Behind Biofuels 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor thanked rural America’s top elected leaders for their ongoing efforts to restore demand for biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). In letters from seven U.S. senators and the governor of Iowa, these leaders from across the heartland submitted formal comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding […]

11/6/2019
Growth Energy Joins Global Biofuel Experts at World Ethanol and Biofuels Event 

Growth Energy SVP of Global Markets Craig Willis gives opening remarks during his panel at the World Ethanol and Biofuels Event in Brussels, Nov. 5, 2019. BRUSSELS – At the World Ethanol and Biofuels Event in Brussels, Growth Energy Senior Vice President of Global Markets Craig Willis took the stage to share his insight into the global markets […]

11/5/2019
Growth Energy Joins USDA Trade Mission to West Africa

Growth Energy Senior Vice President of Global Markets Craig Willis participated in a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) trade mission to Ghana and Nigeria led by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Censky. The trade mission, based in Accra, Ghana, sought to build relationships and unlock potential new markets for U.S. commodity groups, and included […]

11/4/2019
Growth Energy Joins Rural Leaders in Petitioning Trump to Uphold Biofuel Promise

Growth Energy has joined a coalition of 61 biofuel and farm advocates in sending a letter to the White House calling on President Trump to fix a flawed proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which “fails in its mission to reinvigorate farm economies and reopen biofuel plants across America’s heartland.” In the letter, the rural leaders […]

10/30/2019
Growth Energy Calls on EPA to Fix Flawed Proposal

YPSILANTI, MI – Today, Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor testified before U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials at a hearing on the agency’s proposed supplemental rule on 2020 biofuel targets under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Skor, whose organization represents more than half of U.S. ethanol production, called on EPA to fix this flawed draft […]

10/29/2019
Siouxland Energy Testifies at House Hearing on EPA Demand Destruction