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JULY 6, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule setting the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2018 under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program. Increased fuel security is an important component of the path toward American energy dominance. Final 2017.

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule that establishes the required renewable fuel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for 2019, and biomass-based diesel for 2020. Advanced biofuel volumes for 2019 will increase by 630 million gallons over the 2018 standard.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $55 million in grant selections through the Low or No Emission (Low-No) Vehicle program, which funds the development of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced fuel technologies. million for hydrogen fuel cell buses.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

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.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Instead, it proposes and seeks comment on adjustments to the way that annual renewable fuel percentages are calculated. The agency said it intends to grant partial exemptions in appropriate circumstances when adjudicating 2020 exemption petitions. Farmers have long been skeptical of the EPA’s administration of the RFS.

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APRIL 10, 2010

Power plants would face an overall cap on emissions that would become more stringent over time; motor fuel may be subject to a carbon tax whose proceeds could help electrify the U.S. percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline. The program then reduces the cap by 2.5

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