posts tagged as biofuel

IER Files Lawsuit Against Agriculture Department for Failure to Comply with FOIA Request Regarding RFS

Washington -- The Institute for Energy Research (IER) has filed an open records lawsuit against the Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the U.S....

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GAO Finds No Real Benefit to the Renewable Fuel Standard

According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the renewable fuel standard (RFS), a federal program requiring the use of biofuels in gasoline...

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Europe is Using Wood from U.S. Forests to Replace Fossil Fuels

European Union nations are consuming wood, or “biomass,” to meet their obligations under the Paris climate agreement. In 2009, the European Union...

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EPA Lacks Power to Administratively Expand Ethanol Waiver

The Trump administration is considering expanding the ethanol waiver in the Clean Air Act (CAA) to allow E15 fuel (gasoline containing up...

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Obama’s EPA Ups Renewable Fuel Mandate for 2017

The day before Thanksgiving, the Obama Administration released its final biofuel requirements for 2017, raising the required biofuel levels from those proposed...

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Charles Drevna to Testify on Broken RFS

WASHINGTON -- IER Distinguished Senior Fellow Charles Drevna will testify today at 10:00 AM ET before the House Science Subcommittees on Oversight and Environment...

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