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FAPRI Releases Study Predicting Billions in Lost Biofuels Sales & Demand Due to SREs
A recent report by the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) released a study late last week that examined the impacts of small refinery exemptions (SREs) on domestic...
Growth Energy, RFA Demand Transparency for Small Refinery Exemptions in New Lawsuit
Growth Energy and The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) today filed a lawsuit in federal district court, alleging that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE) have improperly denied agency records...
Growth Energy Submits Comments to EPA on Proposed 2019 RVO Targets
Today, Growth Energy, the nation’s top ethanol advocate, submitted formal comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the final day of the public comment period for the agency’s proposed renewable...
Growth Energy Priorities for the Senate Environment and Public Works Hearing This Week
Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler will testify before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) on Wednesday. This hearing occurs on the heels of President Trump’s visit...
Growth Energy Applauds EPA Approval of Sorghum Oil for Biofuel Feedstock
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Growth Energy, the nation’s top ethanol advocate, applauded the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that it approved a Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) pathway for sorghum oil to be used as...
RINs 101: The Basics of Renewable Identification Numbers
RINs are the primary regulatory tool of enforcement for the RFS and they aren’t all that easy to understand. Here are some key facts about them to make sure you have all...
The RFS Reset and Corn Ethanol Production
This report examines how much additional corn and ethanol could be produced if the historic trends for corn production and ethanol processing continue through 2022. The analysis allows the food and other...
Growth Energy: Proposed 2019 RVOs Can’t Undo Damage from RFS Waivers
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released proposed 2019 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The total renewable fuel volume is proposed to be 19.88...
Growth Energy Issues Statement on Continued RFS Waiver Misuse at EPA
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A report was issued today that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “consistently ignored” direction from the Department of Energy (DOE) to restrict or reject economic waivers for oil refiners under...
Farm and Biofuel Coalition Demands that EPA Account for Lost Volumes Due to Secretive, Retroactive Small Refinery Exemptions
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today a coalition of biofuel and agriculture groups petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to change its regulations to account for lost volumes of renewable fuel resulting from...
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