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On January 15, REG headed back to Time Square to ring the NASDAQ Stock Exchange’s opening bell. This was the third time that REG has rung in the start of a trading day. The first time was in 2012 when REG became a publicly traded company. The second came in 2014 when REG celebrated its second anniversary on the market. “The energy ...

A research-based consumer education program is scheduled to launch in spring 2016 By Stephen Bennett After a hiatus of six years, the Propane Education & Research Council is back in the consumer education business in a big way. The Council’s 2016 budget for consumer education is nearly $10 million. PERC’s consumer education authority was restored in 2015 after a six-year ...

On Nov. 30 EPA announced its volume determinations under the RFS for 2014-2016. While the volumes are greater than those previously proposed, they are lower than the mandated volumes which were waived. The mandated renewable fuel volume requirement for 2016 would have been 22.25 billion gallons without the waiver, and it is now 18.11 billion gallons. The final 2016 standard ...

The National Biodiesel Board applauded the Obama administration for reducing America’s dependence on high-carbon fossil fuels by raising biodiesel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “This decision means we will displace billions of gallons of petroleum diesel in the coming years with clean-burning biodiesel. That means less pollution, more American jobs, and more competition that is sorely lacking in ...

The New York Oil Heating Association (NYOHA) is helping a teacher in Bronx, NY, use clean-burning Bioheat® fuel as a teaching tool in HVAC training. Peter Gonzalez is teaching the science of Bioheat® fuel – as well as math, chemistry and English – to Bronx Design and Construction Academy juniors this fall, with the help of NYOHA, AMERIgreen fuel, and ...

The Renewable Fuels Association has been steadfast in calling on EPA to allow the volumes contained in the RFS statute to drive market place change. RFA President and CEO Bob Dinneen released the following statement on the day the final RFS volumes were announced on Nov. 30: “EPA’s decision turns our nation’s most successful energy policy on its head. When ...

EPA must do more to ensure Americans have access to fuels they want and can safely use in their vehicles until Congress can repeal or significantly reform the outdated Renewable Fuel Standard, API President and CEO Jack Gerard said following EPA’s release of the 2014, 2015, and 2016 RFS mandates on Nov. 30. “EPA has taken a significant step in ...

President and CEO Robert Moore announced publicly that he will retire in July 2016 from the company that he’s led since 2008. A native of Maine, Moore joined Dead River Company in 1995 as general counsel and vice president of administration, later becoming senior vice president of petroleum. A graduate of Trinity College and the University of Maine School of ...

The Greater Washington Region Clean Cities Coalition on Wednesday honored National Biodiesel Board Vice President Anne Steckel with its Initiative of the Year Award for her work promoting biodiesel on the local and national level. Steckel was presented with the award at GWRCCC’s 3rd Annual Awards Luncheon at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Va. The award recognizes an alternative ...

A recent national survey shows that biodiesel is an increasingly popular alternative fuel and that support for a Renewable Fuel Standard is on the rise. With just one month until the Environmental Protection Agency releases a final RFS rule, 80% of voters support a renewable fuel standard. “This is just more evidence that the EPA should strengthen biodiesel volumes in ...