Insights and Stories on EPA

Trump lifts curbs on E15 gasoline

May. 31, 2019 at 9:56 am CDT

Washington | Reuters — The Trump administration on Friday lifted restrictions on the sale of higher ethanol blends of gasoline, keeping a campaign promise to farmers suffering from the trade war with China but inviting a legal challenge from the oil industry. The announcement allows gasoline stations to sell blends […]

Glyphosate not a carcinogen, U.S. EPA reiterates

May. 1, 2019 at 4:14 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: DDGS market to adjust with E15 move

Mar. 14, 2019 at 7:45 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Trump’s EPA unveils plan to pump up ethanol as Big Oil cries foul

Mar. 12, 2019 at 8:21 pm CDT

By Humeyra Pamuk Jarrett Renshaw

U.S. EPA changed rules to help refiners get biofuel waivers, suit alleges

Mar. 7, 2019 at 12:46 pm CST

By Jarrett Renshaw

U.S. EPA sends proposed new E15 rule to White House

Mar. 4, 2019 at 8:01 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday it had sent a draft of its proposed rule allowing year-round sales of higher ethanol blends of gasoline to the White House Office of Budget for review. The rule expanding sales of so-called E15 was promised by President […]

By Humeyra Pamuk

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall after comments on trade talks

Feb. 27, 2019 at 6:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean prices fell on Wednesday after a U.S. trade official said purchase promises were not enough to solve U.S.-China trade issues and that it was too early to predict an outcome to talks between the two countries. Any deal between Washington and Beijing must include […]

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. EPA wins new chance to argue against pesticide ban

Feb. 7, 2019 at 4:01 pm CST

Reuters — The Trump administration has persuaded a U.S. appeals court to reconsider its recent decision ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the widely-used pesticide chlorpyrifos, which critics say can harm children and farmers. In an order on Wednesday, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it will […]

By jonathan-stempel

Biofuels group suing U.S. EPA over small refinery exemptions

Feb. 5, 2019 at 4:54 am CST

Washington | Reuters — Biofuels group Growth Energy filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday, challenging the agency’s renewable fuel mandate for 2019 as failing to address rising waived biofuel volumes. “EPA’s inaction on addressing lost gallons due to small refinery exemptions in this rulemaking […]

By Reuters

U.S. EPA lifts 2019 biofuels mandate

Nov. 30, 2018 at 5:23 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday lifted its annual blending mandate for advanced biofuels, drawing praise from the U.S. biofuels industry, but disappointment that the government had not done more to protect the agricultural market. Under the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard, oil refiners must blend […]