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Congressional Intervention May Be Necessary

Published June 22, 2023

Minnesota Soybean Growers Association President Bob Worth is adamant, saying a lower requirement for biodiesel use through 2025 undermines years of work. “We’ve worked with biodiesel for 20-plus years and now the EPA just decided they are going a different…

EPA ‘Lacks Imagination’ on RFS

Published June 21, 2023

Growth Energy General Council Joe Kakesh says EPA's biofuel blend requirements vastly undercut the numbers expected. "I think the EPA failed to imagine the value that the industry provides." The timing was also a concern. "The RFS established these volumes…

Change Expected for EPA WOTUS Rules

Published May 25, 2023

Following the Supreme Court ruling in the Sackett v. EPA case, Rinke Noonan Law Firm attorney Kale Van Bruggen said there was a four-part agreement on the controlling opinion. "There are three separate concurring opinions with additional commentary. It is…

Positive News for Ethanol Industry

Published April 28, 2023

South Dakota Corn Growers Association Executive Director DaNita Murray is pleased with Friday’s EPA announcement, approving an emergency waiver for E15 summer driving. "This is the right decision for American pocketbooks and it is the right decision for a lot…

EPA Administrator Addresses E15 Usage

Published April 20, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan was in the hot seat Wednesday, taking questions from the House Agriculture Committee. Regan was asked about the use of E15 during the summer months. "We tried to ramp it up in a timely fashion…

Too Little, Too Late

Published March 1, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to implement a request by eight Midwest states to sell 15 percent ethanol blends during the summer driving season. However, the change does not begin until 2024. American Coalition for Ethanol CEO Brian…

Endangered Species Act Work Plan Called “Unworkable”

Published February 10, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency has an issued an Endangered Species Act work plan for pesticide registrations. The EPA has thousands of pesticides up for review, bogged down by legal challenges regarding the protections given to endangered species. James Callen Associates…

EPA Sued

Published December 22, 2022

The Center for Food Safety, the Center for Environmental Health, Pesticide Action Network of North America and a coalition of farm worker groups are suing the EPA. The lawsuit claims the agency failed to test and regulate pesticides that disrupt…

WOTUS Update On The Way

Published December 19, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to update its Waters of the United States rule this week. In the past year, the EPA received over 120,000 public comments and hosted ten regional roundtable events. The Supreme Court is reviewing EPA’s…

Major Development for Canola

Published December 2, 2022

The U.S. Canola Association is applauding the EPA’s determination that canola oil-derived renewable diesel will qualify as an advanced biofuel under the Renewable Fuels Standard program. "They've shown that canola oil will reduce GHD remission by at least 18 percent,"…

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Congressional Intervention May Be Necessary

EPA ‘Lacks Imagination’ on RFS

Change Expected for EPA WOTUS Rules

Positive News for Ethanol Industry

EPA Administrator Addresses E15 Usage

Too Little, Too Late

Endangered Species Act Work Plan Called “Unworkable”

EPA Sued

WOTUS Update On The Way

Major Development for Canola

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