6/17/2020
Growth Energy Lauds Bill to Streamline Pathways for Low-Carbon Biofuels

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor thanked U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) for introducing legislation to reduce Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) delays in the approval of applications to produce advanced biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “We applaud Senators Thune and Shaheen for working on a bipartisan basis to […]

6/12/2020
Growth Energy Welcomes Bill to Clarify Sanitizer Regs

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor thanked U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) for introducing legislation designed to offer greater certainty for ethanol producers on the guidance’s duration from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the production of hand sanitizer. The legislation would extend FDA’s guidance for two years, with an automatic extension of […]

6/10/2020
Export Exchange 2020 Postponed to 2021

A joint statement from Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor, U.S. Grains Council President and CEO Ryan LeGrand, and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) President Geoff Cooper regarding the postponement of Export Exchange 2020 to October 6-8, 2021 at the Loews Kansas City: “As a result of the coronavirus and our concern for the safety of […]

6/8/2020
Growth Energy Thanks House Leaders for Defending U.S. Biofuels

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Growth Energy thanked members of the Congressional Biofuels Caucus for combating oil-backed efforts to undermine the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in the wake of COVID-19. In a letter from the Congressional Biofuels Caucus, led by U.S. Representatives Abby Finkenauer (D-Iowa), Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa), and Roger Marshall […]

5/29/2020
Growth Energy Identifies Omissions in EPA Report

5/29/2020
Growth Energy Celebrates First Anniversary of Year-Round E15

5/19/2020
Growth Energy Lauds Introduction of Biofuels Relief Bill in Senate

5/15/2020
Growth Energy Welcomes Biofuel Relief in House Relief Package

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Growth Energy applauded the inclusion of long-awaited assistance for the struggling biofuels industry in the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act), a new COVID-19 relief package that passed the U.S. House of Representatives today. “The economic onslaught sparked by COVID-19 has taken a terrible toll on rural families, […]

5/12/2020
Growth Energy Applauds House Push for Biofuel Relief

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Growth Energy applauded the introduction by House leaders of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act), which allocates more than $3 trillion in recovery dollars, including long-awaited assistance for the struggling biofuels industry. “Over the course of this pandemic, half the biofuels industry was forced offline, sending shockwaves […]

5/11/2020
Mayors Across 10 States Urge EPA to Protect Biofuel & Farm Jobs Amid COVID-19

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Mayors from across the U.S. farm belt today condemned oil industry efforts to seize markets from farmers and biofuel producers under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). In a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler, 70 mayors called on the agency to “reject unjustifiable RFS waiver requests and protect rural communities.” “Some […]