Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - May 11, 2018

RFS Roundup: White House’s “Last Meeting” on RFS Raises More Questions than Answers

On Tuesday, May 8, the President held what was widely reported to be his last meeting on the fate of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Over the course of the past several months, the White House has had at least a half a dozen meetings with industry, oil and agriculture state lawmakers, as well as Secretary of Agriculture Perdue and EPA Administrator Pruitt, in an attempt to broker  a ‘deal’ over disagreements on the RFS between the oil and biofuels industry.  The problem is, there appears to be no existing authority to administratively accomplish what the White House has proposed, and there is little agreement among lawmakers about the best way forward.

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Headlines: 

1. President Could Threaten to Veto Bill if SNAP Work Requirements Aren't Toughened

2. Six Months Later, DowDuPont Still Searching for a Nevada Plant Buyer

3. Farm Runoff in U.S. Waters Has Hit Crisis Levels. Are Farmers Ready to Change?

4. DOE Offers $12 Million for Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines

5. Report: America Is Losing Its Best Farmland

 

 

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