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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued fuel pump labeling and other requirements for gasoline blends containing more than 10 and up to 15 percent ethanol, known as E15. The requirements are designed to help ensure that E15 is properly labeled and used once it enters the market, the EPA said in a statement issued June 28 and posted on ...

New reports indicate that refiners are cutting back on U.S. gasoline stockpiles in order to artificially keep prices high and inflate their bottom line while Americans are struggling to keep up with soaring gas prices, said four U.S. senators. They wrote to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz, calling for an investigation into any potential wrongdoing, as well as ...

The ethanol subsidy is on the way out, petroleum trade groups said, but not necessarily because the U.S. Senate on June 16 approved an amendment to end it. The amendment to the Economic Development Revitalization Act (S. 782), approved by a 73-27 vote, would put a stop to the 45 cent per gallon credit for blending ethanol into gasoline, valued ...

The EPA’s proposed increases in the 2012 percentage standards for advanced biofuels and renewable diesel fuel is another important step in helping the U.S. achieve a sustainable energy future, according to Allen Schaeffer, the executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF). The EPA proposes to mandate the blending of 15.2 billion gallons of renewable fuel into the U.S. fuel ...

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The U.S. biodiesel industry this week is launching its largest-ever public outreach effort. The paid ad buy will raise awareness of the economic, environmental and national security benefits of the nation’s first and only EPA-designated advanced biofuel to reach nationwide production.  The multi-million dollar project will include national television advertising, coupled with regional print and radio advertising as well as ...

The Financial Services Committee, chaired by Rep. Spencer Bachus, approved legislation on May 24 to give regulators additional time to write and review the rules governing derivatives.  H.R. 1573, approved by a vote of 30 to 24 (along party lines), is said to address concerns raised by both Republicans and Democrats that the proposed Dodd-Frank rules governing derivatives could put ...

The National Biodiesel Board (NBB) expressed support Tuesday for the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed 2012-2013 volume requirements for renewable fuels. The proposal calls for increasing the biomass-based diesel program from 800 million gallons in 2011 to 1 billion gallons in 2012 and almost 1.3 billion gallons in 2013. (Biodiesel makes up nearly all U.S. biomass-based diesel production.) Because it qualifies ...