Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - June 1, 2018

Briefing Highlights One Possible Solution to Growing Problem of Food Waste

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and the American Biogas Council (ABC) recently held a briefing about the numerous challenges posed by the 17 million tons of organic wastes produced in the U.S. each year —to human health, water, and air quality, and to communities that must manage these wastes. The briefing focused on how anaerobic digestion offers solutions to many of these pressing issues, especially the growing issue of food waste. 

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RFS Roundup: Biofuels Credits Tumble to Five-Year Low amid EPA’s Retroactive Refinery Waivers

On Thursday, May 31, Reuters reported that EPA had taken the unprecedented move of granting waivers to oil refineries for prior compliance years. Under a previously little-used authority, EPA has taken steps to grant approximately two dozen small refinery exemptions to petroleum refiners, relinquishing them of their duty to either blend biofuels or buy compliance credits under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a core component of the program. But the latest revelation on refinery waivers goes one step further and reveals that EPA has granted waivers for previous years’ compliance to at least two oil refiners, adding further complexity to the Pandora’s Box that the EPA has opened.  

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Headlines: 

1. E.P.A. Takes a Major Step to Roll Back Clean Car Rules
2. U.S. Biodiesel Lobby Drops Effort to Adjust $1-Per-Gallon Tax Credit
3. Turning Grape Skin into Greener Plastic? It’s Possible
4. Can Seaweed Cut Methane Emissions on Dairy Farms?
5. Research Reveals How the Same Foods Create Markedly Different Environmental Impacts

 

 

To Contact the Editor: Jessie Stolark at bioenergy@eesi.org

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