Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - February 16, 2018

It’s Like Deja Vu All Over Again: Small Refiners Use Biofuels Policy as Convenient Scapegoat

Earlier this month, Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES), the East Coast's largest refiner, which has been the center of recent tensions between oil and biofuels interests, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In a bout of wishful thinking, PES executives blamed the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for their financial woes, claiming that their compliance costs associated with the RFS are to blame, despite the fact that all refineries – must comply with the law.

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Headlines:

1. Pruitt Commits to Creating Regulatory Certainty for Biomass

2. Construction Underway on Largest Ever On-Farm Biogas Project in U.S.

3. No-Till Farmers’ Push for Healthy Soils Ignites a Movement in the Plains

4. Big Algae Chases Omega-3 Dominance: DSM, Evonik Underway on $200M Algae Project in Nebraska

5. Co-Optimization of Engines & Fuels: Breakthrough Research in Engine and Fuel Co-Optimization

 

 

 

 

 

 

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