With gas prices averaging over $4 a gallon, millions of Americans expected to hit the highways this Labor Day weekend, and many of them will be choosing less expensive, higher ethanol blends where they are available. According to U.S. Energy Information Administration data reviewed by the Renewable Fuels Association, the average ethanol content of gasoline sold in the U.S. surpassed …
RFA Connects with Farmers at Farm Progress Show
The Renewable Fuels Association has been connecting with farmers at the 2026 Farm Progress Show this week in Boone, Iowa. “This is one of our favorite events of the year because it really gives us a chance to put our finger on the pulse of what farmers are talking about,” said RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper. “We have some …
Hormel Institute Update on Ethanol’s Role in Reducing Cancer
There is growing evidence that ethanol in gasoline can play a role in reducing the cancer risk of fuel additives. At the recent American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) annual conference in Minneapolis, Gail Dennison and Dr. Luke Hoeppner of the University of Minnesota’s Hormel Institute outlined the latest research linking fossil-fuel BTEX compounds (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes) to higher …
RFA Adds New Director of Global Policy and Regulatory Affairs
The Renewable Fuels Association welcomes U.S. Department of Agriculture veteran Jeff Dwyer as Director of Global Policy and Regulatory Affairs in the Washington office. “With his background in trade, ag policy and economics, Jeff will be a terrific addition to our association,” said RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper. “He has demonstrated the expertise to hit the ground running, to …
RFA Preparing California Retailers for E15
The Renewable Fuels Association is ready to work on educating California fuel retailers again, now that the E15 Clean-Up Act has been passed by the state legislature, paving the way to finally allow sales of the lower-cost, lower-carbon transportation fuel. RFA’s Robert White says the bill, which allows retailers to use existing vapor recovery equipment to dispense E15 if the …
Sec. Rollins Visits Farm Progress Show
Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa Tuesday to announce a new data collection plan for USDA and comment on recent actions taken by the administration on biofuels. Rollins says USDA’s new Data Modernization Plan is designed to put Farmers First, reduce unnecessary burdens on producers, and improve the timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of …
California Passes E15 Clean-Up Legislation
California’s E15 Clean-Up Act (SB 795) cleared the California Legislature unanimously late last night and is headed to Governor Newsom’s desk. The bill removes the vapor-recovery-equipment barrier that has prevented California retailers from actually dispensing E15, but additional regulatory action by CARB and the State Fire Marshal still remain before motorists can finally be free to buy E15. “The passage …
EPA Grants Refinery Exemptions, Proposes Reallocation
The Environmental Protection Agency today announced its decisions on 34 individual small refinery exemption petitions for the 2025 compliance year, granting full (100 percent) exemptions to 18 petitions, partial (50 percent) exemptions to 11 petitions, denying three petitions, and determining two petitions to be ineligible. Based on that analysis, EPA is exempting 1.76 billion RFS compliance credits, known as Renewable …
California E15 Dreaming Continues
The California legislature is considering a bill that would finally allow E15 to be sold in the state, nearly a year after lawmakers unanimously passed and the governor signed legislation in 2025 allowing those sales. But it must be passed by midnight tonight when the legislative session comes to a close. The E15 Clean-Up Act (Calif. SB 795) was amended …
Ethanol Under Fire
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) launched a full-fledged attack on corn ethanol over the weekend with nine posts on his X account, calling on President Trump to “end the tyranny of the Cornography Caucus” and saying all Republicans should categorically reject federal “ethanol mandates” that “let government pick winners and losers in the economy.” Starting with a link to a Washington …