ethanol News Updates

GovernmentBusinessFuel

USDA Offers Up to $500 Million in Biofuel Grants

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that up to $500 million in federal funds are available to boost supplies of American-made biofuel.

June 28, 2023
GovernmentBusinessFuel

EPA Allows Gasoline With Higher Ethanol Blend During Summer

DES MOINES, Iowa — Fuel stations throughout the U.S. will be able to sell gasoline blended with 15% ethanol in the summer under a waiver issued April 28 by the Environmental Protection Agency.

April 28, 2023
BusinessFuel

Carbon Deal Targets Pipeline Seeking to Tackle Ethanol Emissions

A project to build a giant pipeline to remove carbon produced by the corn-based ethanol industry struck its first agreement to sell carbon-removal credits.

April 26, 2023
GovernmentEquipmentFuel

Biden Sets in Motion Gasoline Policy Shift to Boost Ethanol

The Biden administration is advancing a fuel policy shift demanded by Midwest governors who expect it will encourage filling stations to sell higher-ethanol E15 gasoline and offer it year round.

March 2, 2023
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Midwest US Ethanol Push Seen to Lift Gas Costs

Motorists in the Midwest U.S. could expect to pay more for gasoline under a fuel policy shift demanded by governors in the region, with a new refining industry-commissioned analysis outlining larger-than-expected impacts of the change.

February 15, 2023
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Gasoline Prices Set to Rise if Corn Belt States Win Fuel Fight

Some Americans could end up paying more for their gasoline thanks to a plan by seven Midwestern state governors to boost the use of corn-based ethanol.

January 9, 2023
BusinessFuel

Pilot Co. Unit to Buy Ethanol Plant With Sights on Recovery

A unit of truck stop chain Pilot Co., which is partly owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is buying an ethanol plant just as the beleaguered industry may be turning around.

January 28, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Trump Aims to End Ethanol Warning Labels in Biofuel Policy Blitz

The Trump administration advanced a flurry of biofuel policy proposals Jan. 15, including plans that could help ethanol producers sell more of the corn-based fuel.

January 15, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Trump Rebuffs Corn Farmers With Status Quo on Biofuels

The Trump administration on Dec. 19 set relatively flat quotas for plant-based fuels in 2020, rebuffing ethanol and biodiesel allies who said the targets don’t do enough to support the industry.

December 19, 2019
GovernmentBusinessFuel

Trump Push for Corn-Heavy Fuel Isn’t Reaching the Pump

President Donald Trump’s effort to boost corn demand by allowing year-round sales of ethanol-blended gasoline has run into a logistical problem. Few stations offer it.

October 31, 2019