BY Press Release | May 5, 2021
IRFA to EPA Administrator Regan: Not just a transition, biofuels are the net carbon negative fuel of the future
Tuesday as part of his trip to Iowa, U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan toured Lincolnway Energy, an ethanol plant near Nevada, and led a roundtable discussion of Iowa farmers and biofuel producers.
In response to his visit, Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive Director Monte Shaw made the following statement:
“We appreciate Administrator Regan came to Iowa to learn more about biofuels and the important role biofuels will play in America’s clean energy future. Today Mr. Regan heard a loud and clear message: biofuels are way more than a transition fuel; biofuels are the net-carbon-negative fuel of the future. Improved production practices at both the farm and plant levels combined with carbon sequestration technologies pre
By Jason Taylor
May 5, 2021
IOWA - There s hope in Iowa that a boost in the state s biofuels is coming.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan toured an ethanol plant in Nevada Tuesday and met with Governor Kim Reynolds to discuss e-15 gasoline.
Regan says the EPA’s announcement on biofuel production levels is coming.
Iowa is a top producer of biofuels because of its massive corn and soybean crops.
The Iowa agriculture industry had a sharp disagreement with former President Trump s handling for waivers to oil companies to be exempt from blending ethanol into gasoline.
A legal dispute over how the EPA under Trump awarded the waivers has reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Iowa Renewable Fuels leader says EPA’s waiver decision fulfills Biden campaign pledge
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has rescinded three waivers that had excused Sinclair Oil refineries in Wyoming from the federal requirement to blend ethanol into gasoline. Iowa Renewable Fuels Association executive director Monte Shaw says the waivers were granted on the last day of the Trump Administration.
“What was most shocking about them, not just the lateness of them and they aren’t justified to begin with, but these refineries are in the 10th circuit court,” Shaw says.
The United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has jurisdiction over six states, including Wyoming. It’s the court that ruled early last year that small refineries only qualified for the exemption from blending ethanol into gasoline if they had applied for extensions of waivers originally granted in 2010. Shaw says the EPA’s decision fits with the law, but just a
Des Moines Register
Prospects appeared grim for legislation that would require Iowa truck stops, gas stations and convenience stores to offer fuel with higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel after a state Senate subcommittee heard Thursday from farm, fuel and transportation leaders who offered opposing views on the bill s impact.
Gov. Kim Reynolds and House Speaker Pat Grassley have acknowledged problems getting the bill passed in the Legislature s waning weeks, even with intense efforts to reach a compromise.
Reynolds introduced setting a standard for renewable fuels use in January, saying it would help support farmers. Iowa leads the nation in ethanol and biodiesel production and in growing corn and soybeans, the raw materials needed to make the biofuels.
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Prospects appeared grim for legislation that would require Iowa truck stops, gas stations and convenience stores to offer fuel with higher blends of ethanol and biodiesel after a state Senate subcommittee heard Thursday from farm, fuel and transportation leaders who offered opposing views on the bill s impact.
Gov. Kim Reynolds and House Speaker Pat Grassley have acknowledged problems getting the bill passed in the Legislature s waning weeks, even with intense efforts to reach a compromise.
Reynolds introduced setting a standard for renewable fuels use in January, saying it would help support farmers. Iowa leads the nation in ethanol and biodiesel production and in growing corn and soybeans, the raw materials needed to make the biofuels.