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NEW YORK, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has argued against a petition from oil refiners asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court decision that undermined the legitimacy of the Environmental Protection Agency’s biofuel waiver program.
Department of Justice officials said the court should not review the case as it does not conflict with any other Supreme Court or appeals court decision, according to the brief submitted on Dec. 8. The officials argued that the court could review the decision after a similar case is completed in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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A coalition of Agricultural groups led by Growth Energy says Brazil’s decision to impose a 20 percent tariff on all U.S. ethanol imports devastating for the U.S. ethanol industry. Growth Energy’s Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Chris Bliley says the imposition comes at a bad time when the U.S. ethanol industry is already seeing lost demand.
Since May, U.S. exports to Brazil have fallen to less than four million gallons and over that same time period, Brazil has exported nearly 96 million gallons of fuel ethanol to the United States. Bliley says that’s not exactly fair trade.
12/9/2020
By Stephanie Kelly
NEW YORK, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has
argued against a petition from oil refiners asking the U.S.
Supreme Court to review a lower court decision that undermined
the legitimacy of the Environmental Protection Agency s biofuel
waiver program.
Department of Justice officials said the court should not
review the case as it does not conflict with any other Supreme
Court or appeals court decision, according to the brief
submitted on Dec. 8. The officials argued that the court could
review the decision after a similar case is completed in the
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Environmental News For The Week Ending 13December 2019
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New US Covid cases were at a record 247,737 on Friday on the worldometers site that I watch; that would be nearly 40% of all the new infections reported worldwide on that day as per that site.However, the Johns Hopkins dashboard is showing a record 1,489,000 new Covid infections worldwide on that date, more than double any previous one day total..I have to assume that s in error, and my best guess would be that somehow the data was entered twice, and they ll eventually correct it.Regardless, whatever the a
Jim Parkin iStock Slowed fuel use from pandemic results in loss of 700 million bushels of corn grind and 2 billion gallons of production.
The coronavirus pandemic’s induced reduction in gasoline demand and fuel use resulted in 2 billion gallons in reduced ethanol production from March to November. That equals an estimated $3.8 billion in lost revenues for the ethanol industry, and 700 million bushels of corn not ground, according to Scott Richman, economist at the Renewable Fuels Association.
During a call with the media Wednesday morning, Richman says the economic impact to the ethanol industry is continuing. “The impact from this pandemic is not over yet. Even though our industry is very resilient, it’s taken a direct hit from this pandemic.”