Bioenergy Legislation
Our Legislation section takes in news and information on the changing policy and regulations within the clean energy arena, the regulators and regulated within the US.
Latest legislation updates:
Industry groups praise EPA decision on biomass regulation »
January 13, 2011 : Forestry and ethanol industry groups have applauded the US Environmental Protection Agency for deciding to reconsider [Read more »]
Biomass greenhouse gas regulation deferred three years »
January 12, 2011 : The US Environmental Protection Agency is to defer greenhouse gas (GHG) permitting requirements for carbon dioxide [Read more »]
Ethanol industry proposes alternative E15 label »
January 5, 2011 : Ethanol lobby group Growth Energy has proposed a new label for E15 fuel, in formal comments submitted to the US [Read more »]
More oil lobbyists join challenge to E15 ethanol decision »
January 4, 2011 : More oil industry lobby groups have filed lawsuits challenging the US Environmental Protection Agency's approval of E15 [Read more »]Court rejects oil industry challenge to Renewable Fuels »
December 22, 2010 : Federal judges have thrown out a legal challenge by the oil industry against the US Environmental Protection Agency's [Read more »]
Car makers file suit against EPA’s E15 ethanol approval »
December 21, 2010 : A group of motor manufacturers has filed a petition challenging the US Environmental Protection Agency's approval of [Read more »]California approves 1,000MW clean energy auction program »
December 17, 2010 : Regulators in California have approved a new program to require investor-owned utilities in the state to buy [Read more »]
Senate backs extension of ethanol tax credit »
December 15, 2010 : The Senate passed the Obama-GOP tax policy package today, which included a one-year extension of the Volumetric Ethanol [Read more »]
EPA seeks more time to finalize boiler emission rules »
December 13, 2010 : Federal regulators are seeking more time to issue final rules to cut emissions from large and small boilers and solar [Read more »]
Renewables back on Senate table with vote set for Monday »
December 10, 2010 : The US Senate is set to vote on a compromise tax cuts bill on Monday afternoon - with renewable energy incentives back [Read more »]Brazilian lobby threatens trade war over US ethanol tariff »
December 8, 2010 : Brazil's sugarcane industry has threatened to stir up an all-out trade war between its government and the United [Read more »]
Bill seeks one-year clean energy tax credits extension »
December 3, 2010 : Montana's senior US Senator Max Baucus has included proposals to extend federal tax credits for renewable energy [Read more »]
Midwest Senators call on Harry Reid to extend biofuel »
December 2, 2010 : A group of US Senators from the Midwest is seeking to counter calls from their colleagues to allow key ethanol [Read more »]
Senators demand end to ethanol subsidy and tariff »
December 1, 2010 : A bipartisan group of 17 US Senators has called on Congressional leaders to end ethanol import tariffs and [Read more »]
EPA confirms tough cellulosic biofuel target for 2011 »
November 29, 2010 : The nation's fuel suppliers will have to provide 6.6 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol within their fuel supplies [Read more »]
EPA hearings probe labeling rule for E15 ethanol fuel »
November 18, 2010 : Stakeholder groups gave evidence in Chicago this week regarding the US Environmental Protection Agency's plans to allow [Read more »]
Report: Flexible ethanol policy could stabilize food prices »
November 17, 2010 : A new report from the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University suggests that US policies [Read more »]Senators call on Harry Reid to extend biofuel tax credits »
November 12, 2010 : A bipartisan group of US Senators from the Midwest has called on Majority Leader Harry Reid to extend tax credits for [Read more »]
EPA rule confirms climate role for biomass energy »
November 11, 2010 : The federal government said yesterday that a new rule from the US Environmental Protection Agency confirms the role of [Read more »]
Oil industry files lawsuit against E15 ethanol fuel approval »
November 10, 2010 : The American Petroleum Institute has joined food industry groups in appealing the decision by the US Environmental [Read more »]
E15 ethanol fuel not yet approved at state level, officials »
October 28, 2010 : State officials in Oregon have been pointing out to residents that there are several steps that must be taken before [Read more »]
Vilsack calls on Congress to extend biofuels credits »
October 21, 2010 : US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack called on Congress today to reinstate the biodiesel production tax credit and [Read more »]Duke Energy biomass projects to count as renewable »
October 14, 2010 : North Carolina power company Duke Energy has won approval to count five biomass co-generation units toward renewable [Read more »]
