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EPA Grants 31 Hardship Waivers, Undermining the Renewable Fuel Standard
2019-08-10 00:04:19| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 9, 2019 Contact: Hannah Packman, 202-554-1600 hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON According to a recent Reuters report, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved 31 of its 38 pending small refinery exemptions (SREs) for 2018. Recipients of the exemptions are not required to comply with renewable volume obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). […]
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RFS Obligations Must Account for Hardship Waivers
2019-07-31 18:27:22| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 31, 2019 Contact: Hannah Packman, 202.554.1600 hpackman@nfudc.org YPSILANTI Following the release of its disappointing 2020 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today hosted a public hearing to gather feedback from farmers and other stakeholders on the proposed rule. The proposal would maintain […]
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EPA Continues to Undermine RFS with Hardship Waivers
2018-12-20 22:28:34| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 20, 2018 Contact: Hannah Packman, 202-554-1600 hpackman@nfudc.org WASHINGTON According to recent reports, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a financial hardship waiver to a refinery owned by Exxon Mobil Corp, exempting it from requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Exxon Mobil is the largest American oil and gas […]
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Tax credit change 'may cause hardship'
2016-04-07 12:34:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Families who have been overpaid tax credits will have to repay the money at a much faster rate from now on, under government changes, prompting concern from campaigners.
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China Confronts Hardship of Weaning Off Coal
2015-10-29 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: China, the worlds biggest user of coal, is suddenly burning less of it, a change with enormous implications for the state of the atmosphere and the potential course of global climate change. The shift has been both abrupt and unexpected, bringing fresh credibility to Chinas pledge to rein in its greenhouse gas emissions, now also the highest level in the world. Blamed in the West for the failure of the last global climate change talks, in Copenhagen in 2009, China is setting itself up to play...
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