BY Office of Sen. Joni Ernst Found In:Business, PolicyU.S. Senator Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, a biofuel advocate and member of Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, recently joined Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy, to discuss her work to promote the RFS and for Iowa’s farmers and biofuel producers. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Operations, Markets, Business, PolicyThe U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its forecasts for 2020 and 2021 ethanol production in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, which was released July 7. Forecasts for ethanol consumption were also revised up. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Feedstocks, Business, PolicyThe USDA’s Commodity Credit Corp. announced on June 29 that it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program from crop year 2019, which runs from Oct. 1, 2019 through Sept. 30, 2020. READ MORE

BY Growth Energy Found In:Business, PolicyGrowth Energy Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Chris Bliley has submitted comments to the U.S. EPA on the agency’s review of the national ambient air quality standards for particulate matter (PM NAAQS). READ MORE

BY Harvestone Group Found In:Operations, Markets, Business, PolicyHarvestone Group has added four plants owned by Glacial Lakes Energy to its marketing, logistics and trading platform. The four plants represent 360 MMgy of production capacity. Harvestone's platform now handles more than 850 MMgy of production. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Operations, Coproducts, Business, PolicyThe U.S. EPA on June 27 posted a document to its guidance portal that explains how fuel ethanol plants that are producing hand sanitizer to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic can do so without invalidating an existing efficient producer pathway. READ MORE

BY National Farmers Union Found In:Business, PolicyA broad coalition of ag and ethanol groups are challenging the Trump administration’s recent fuel efficiency rulemaking, on that grounds that it ignores the efficiency and of higher ethanol blends and fails to realize the promise of increased octane. READ MORE

BY American Coalition for Ethanol Found In:Business, Policy, RetailerACE has announced the first few in a series of short fuel marketer-focused videos on the flexfuelforward.com website and is launching a broader digital advertising campaign to help fuel retailers navigate that application process for HBIIP. READ MORE

BY Cassie Mullen, director of market development at the Renewable Fuels Association Found In:Business, Policy, RetailerBelieve it or not, we’re already at the halfway point in the 90-day application window for the USDA Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program. RFA's Cassie Mullen reviews lessons that have been learned so far. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Markets, Business, PolicyThe House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis on June 30 unveiled a climate crisis action plan that aims to serve as a congressional roadmap to help the U.S. reach net-zero emissions by 2050. The plan shows ethanol can help meet that goal. READ MORE

BY Growth Energy Found In:Business, PolicyGrowth Energy Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Chris Bliley submitted written comments to the U.S. EPA on its proposed “Fuels Regulatory Streamlining Rule.” He cautioned against changes that could impact market access to E15 and E85. READ MORE

BY Biogenic CO2 Coalition Found In:Business, PolicyThe National Grain and Feed Association, National Farmers Union, and Hemp Industries Association have joined the Biogenic CO2 Coalition, a group pressing the U.S. EPA for fair, science-based treatment of annual crops. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Business, PolicyA bipartisan group of 16 senators sent a letter to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler on June 25 urging him to reject the 52 gap year SRE petitions recently filed by small refineries in an effort to circumvent the Tenth Circuit Court's January ruling. READ MORE

BY ePURE Found In:Markets, Business, PolicyProduction and use of renewable ethanol from ePURE members delivered an average of more than 72 percent greenhouse gas (GHG) savings compared to fossil fuels in 2019, according new certified data released in June. READ MORE

BY Erin VoegeleFound In:Markets, Business, PolicyJapan has opened a public comment period on a proposal that aims to increase the GHG emission value for gasoline and expand the list of conditions under which an unfulfilled ethanol target can be carried into the following fiscal year. READ MORE