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Blow to US biofuels industry as court blocks key targets
2013-01-28 12:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The US biofuel industry is facing uncertainty over its future policy landscape, after a court ruling on Friday effectively scrapped a 2012 target governing the use of second generation cellulosic biofuel. The D.C Circuit Court upheld a complaint from the American Petroleum Institute (API) against the Environmental Protection Agency's binding target requiring refiners to blend 8.65 million gallons of cellulosic biofuels into gasoline and diesel supplies. The target, which was approved by Congress...
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Sugar-rich willow can boost biofuels\' green credentials
2013-01-28 06:28:47| Sugar Industry News
Scientists have identified willow trees that yield five times as much sugar as ordinary varieties, \"drastically reducing\" the impact of biofuels.
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Court Overturns E.P.A.s Biofuels Mandate
2013-01-26 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A federal appeals court threw out a federal rule on renewable fuels on Friday, saying that a quota set by the Environmental Protection Agency for incorporating liquids made from woody crops and wastes into car and truck fuels was based on wishful thinking rather than realistic estimates of what could be achieved. The ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia involved a case brought by the American Petroleum Institute, whose members were bound by the 2012 cellulosic...
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Court says EPA overestimates biofuels production
2013-01-25 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A federal appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency is overestimating the amount of fuel that can be produced from grasses, wood and other nonfood plants in an effort to promote a fledgling biofuels industry. At issue is a 2007 renewable fuels law that requires a certain amount of those types of fuels, called cellulosic biofuels, to be mixed in with gasoline each year. Despite annual EPA projections that the industry would produce small amounts of the biofuels, none of that...
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Joint Statement: Biofuels Producers React to Mixed D.C. Circuit Decision on RFS
2013-01-25 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
D.C. Circuit decided to vacate 2012 cellulosic biofuel standard and affirm 2012 advanced biofuel standard. In reaction, biofuel organization comprised of ABFA, AEC, ACE, BIO, Growth Energy, and RFA made joint statement in which it was noted, “although we disagree with the court’s decision vacating the 2012 cellulosic volumes, today’s decision once again rejects broad-brushed attempts to effectively roll back the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)." This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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