Pruitt The polarizing tenure of Scott Pruitt as head of the Environmental Protection Agency has come to an end. President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday afternoon that he’s “accepted the…
EPA Considering Dicamba Registration as Injury Reports Climb
Herbicide injury reports are mounting in the South and the Midwest. A DTN report says state regulators and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are looking at the situation carefully. Most…
EPA Calls Off Biofuel Quota Announcement
…burden on non-exempted refineries, prompting an outcry from the two top oil industry trade groups. The EPA had been preparing to unveil a rule that would set biofuel blending targets…
EPA RFS Volumes Proposal Expected Friday
…include a reallocation of gallons displaced by hardship waivers, according to Politico. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said late last month that he spoke with EPA administrator Scott Pruitt about the…
EPA Admin Says EPA Will Move on Year-Round E15
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt spent part of a trip in Kansas at an ethanol production facility. Pruitt’s trip included a stop at the East Kansas Agri-Energy ethanol…
Farm Bureau Hails District Court WOTUS Decision
…to hire a team of lawyers and consultants to perform many ordinary farming practices on their land. EPA should ditch this rule for good and replace it with a proposal…
Cruz Still Pushing for Biofuels Overhaul
…the cost of complying with the mandate while farm-state lawmakers say the law is a crucial safety net for their rural constituents. EPA administrator Pruitt is under fire from renewable…
Farm Bureau Files Brief Supporting Water Rule Opponents
The American Farm Bureau Federation, together with a broad coalition of other farm and business groups, filed a brief in support of 13 states challenging the EPA’s 2015 “Waters of…
No RFS Changes From the White House, For Now
…would force the EPA to reallocate biofuels allotments displaced by hardship waivers issued to refiners. On Twitter, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley called the comments by Trump “great news.” The White…
Ernst Expresses Frustration with EPA
Senator Joni Ernst R-IA) Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa expressed deep frustration Tuesday regarding the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump. Speaking of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, Ernst told…
Trump Voters in Midwest States Losing Faith in Administration’s Commitment to Renewable Fuels
…voters in those states, including 63 percent of Independents, say EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s efforts to lower demand for biofuels does not reflect the President’s promise to support renewable fuels…
Farm and Biofuel Coalition Demands that EPA Account for Lost Volumes
Coalition Petitions EPA to Revise the Way It Calculates Annual Renewable Fuel Obligations; EPA Is Failing to Comply with Statutory Mandate A coalition of biofuel and agriculture groups petitioned the…
EPA Awards Biofuel Waivers Worth Tens of Millions of Dollars
…future. The EPA’s move may put even more pressure on credit prices, which have plummeted to five-year lows as the agency has expanded the small refinery waiver program. The EPA…
Ethanol Coalition Sues EPA Over Secretive RFS Waivers
…decisions as specific abuses of the EPA’s authority. Bob Dineen, CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, says the EPA is trying to undermine the RFS under the cover of night….