Insights and Stories on Waivers

U.S. Supreme Court backs refineries in biofuel waiver dispute

Jun. 25, 2021 at 4:35 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday made it easier for small oil refineries to win exemptions from a federal law requiring increasing levels of ethanol and other renewable fuels to be blended into their products, a major setback for biofuel producers. The justices overturned a lower court decision […]

U.S. refiners amass biofuel liability as Biden mulls relief

Jun. 17, 2021 at 7:28 pm CDT

By Jarrett Renshaw Stephanie Kelly

CP files objection with U.S. regulator over CN’s Kansas City Southern bid

May. 2, 2021 at 11:37 pm CDT

By Reuters

Trump administration mulls industry-wide biofuel waiver

Jan. 15, 2021 at 5:43 pm CST

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear biofuel waiver case

Jan. 11, 2021 at 3:28 am CST

By Reuters

U.S. fuel industry frazzled as EPA misses biofuel volumes deadline

Nov. 30, 2020 at 7:59 pm CST

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was set to miss a deadline Monday to announce how much renewable fuel the nation’s refiners must blend into their fuel mix next year, raising uncertainty in the fuel market and prompting one biofuel association to threaten to take the […]

By Stephanie Kelly

Trump’s EPA sides with farmers over refiners on biofuel waivers

Sep. 14, 2020 at 7:30 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The Trump administration said on Monday it rejected scores of requests from U.S. oil refiners for waivers that would have retroactively spared them from their obligation to blend biofuels like ethanol into their fuel, delivering a win for farmers and a blow to the oil […]

By Stephanie Kelly

COVID-19 spurs new clash between Big Oil, Big Corn

Apr. 17, 2020 at 4:08 am CDT

New York | Reuters — A fuel demand meltdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak in the United States has started up a new fight between the oil and agriculture industries over the nation’s biofuel policy, this time over whether the policy should be suspended or expanded as a result of […]

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. EPA waives fuel requirements, extends biofuels deadline

Mar. 27, 2020 at 7:51 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday unveiled measures to help oil refineries cope with fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, including waiving anti-smog requirements for gasoline and extending the deadline for small facilities to show compliance with the nation’s biofuels law. The outbreak has touched off a massive […]

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. biofuel group says ethanol industry sharply cutting production

Mar. 19, 2020 at 9:17 pm CDT

Reuters — Many U.S. ethanol plants have slashed production over the past week or idled entirely as the coronavirus outbreak cut into fuel consumption and cratered margins to refine the corn-based fuel, the head of a biofuel trade group said on Thursday. Renewable Fuels Association CEO Geoff Cooper said on […]

By Stephanie Kelly

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Insights and Stories on Waivers

U.S. Supreme Court backs refineries in biofuel waiver dispute

U.S. refiners amass biofuel liability as Biden mulls relief

CP files objection with U.S. regulator over CN’s Kansas City Southern bid

Trump administration mulls industry-wide biofuel waiver

U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear biofuel waiver case

U.S. fuel industry frazzled as EPA misses biofuel volumes deadline

Trump’s EPA sides with farmers over refiners on biofuel waivers

COVID-19 spurs new clash between Big Oil, Big Corn

U.S. EPA waives fuel requirements, extends biofuels deadline

U.S. biofuel group says ethanol industry sharply cutting production

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