Insights and Stories on Biofuel

Canola biodiesel processor in receivership

Feb. 3, 2018 at 2:16 am CST

An eastern Saskatchewan biodiesel processor using growers’ heated, green, spring-harvested, tough and otherwise off-spec canola for feedstock is in receivership. Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench on Thursday appointed Calgary-based insolvency trustee Hardie and Kelly as the receiver for Milligan Biofuels, which operates at Foam Lake, about 90 km northwest of […]

Trump open to biofuel policy reform, senators say

Dec. 7, 2017 at 5:17 pm CST

By Susan Cornwell

U.S. grains: Corn firms on short-covering at month’s end

Nov. 30, 2017 at 4:16 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. EPA ups biofuel targets slightly

Nov. 30, 2017 at 3:35 pm CST

By Jarrett Renshaw Richard Valdmanis

U.S. EPA abandons changes to biofuel program

Oct. 20, 2017 at 3:06 pm CDT

By Jarrett Renshaw

ICE weekly outlook: Canola facing uphill climb

Sep. 27, 2017 at 6:52 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Bearish headwinds facing the canola market may have gotten slightly worse, after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it was considering cuts to biofuel requirements in U.S. fuel. The EPA said Tuesday it was looking for feedback on proposed reductions to the renewable fuel obligations in the […]

By Dave Sims

Court decision may boost biofuels, hit refiners

Jul. 28, 2017 at 6:16 pm CDT

New York / Reuters – The U.S. government may have to require more biofuels to be blended into the country’s fuel supply after a court ruled on Friday that the mandates must be reconsidered, a decision that boosted renewable fuel credits to seven-month highs on financial markets. The decision sank […]

By Emily Flitter Jarrett Renshaw

U.S. proposes cutting biofuels requirements due to ‘market realities’

Jul. 6, 2017 at 9:53 am CDT

New York | Reuters — The U.S. government on Wednesday proposed reducing the volumes of biofuel required to be used in gasoline and diesel in 2018, in a move that could mark the first step towards a broader overhaul to the controversial energy policy. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]

By Chris Prentice David Shepardson Jarrett Renshaw

White House still weighing U.S. biofuels program change

Mar. 6, 2017 at 7:54 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The Trump administration is reviewing the possibility of a key change to U.S. biofuels policy requested by oil refiners and Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor and special advisor on regulations to President Donald Trump, a White House official said Monday. The administration has no position “either […]

By emily-stephenson

Ethanol group, Icahn clash over details of U.S. biofuel negotiation

Mar. 3, 2017 at 4:59 pm CST

New York | Reuters — The head of the Renewable Fuels Association says billionaire investor Carl Icahn told him last week U.S. President Donald Trump was about to issue an order overhauling the U.S. biofuels program — something both Icahn and the White House have denied. Confusion over Trump’s plans […]

By Chris Prentice Jennifer Ablan