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EPA grants 31 small refinery exemptions for RFS

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EPA is granting 31 small refinery RFS exemptions for the 2018 compliance year, as well as 6 denials. The Clean Air Act (CAA) exempted small refineries from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program through compliance year 2010; the CAA also authorized EPA to extend the exemption for two years. —Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy.

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Poet-DSM pausing production of cellulosic ethanol at Project Liberty, shifting to R blames EPA

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This step is a result of EPA challenges with the implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Over the last three years, EPA management of the RFS has held back cellulosic ethanol advancement, hindered future agricultural markets for US farmers, and undermined what the President has promised.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). nationals and legal residents. EPA granted Renergie a first-of-its-kind waiver for the purpose of testing hydrous E10, E20, E30 & E85 ethanol blends in non-flex-fuel vehicles and flex-fuel vehicles in Louisiana.

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

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Over two dozen states have joined forces to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over proposed vehicle emissions regulations put forward by the Biden administration in March. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey called the rules "legally flawed and unrealistic, to say the least." The EPA declined to comment.

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