Registration is now open for the 2025 Clean Fuels Conference, Jan. 20-23 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel in San Diego, California. Hosted by Clean Fuels Alliance America for the biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel industries, this year’s conference theme, “Accelerate”, captures the rapid growth and transformative progress of the clean fuels industry. “With the clean fuels …
Ag Outlook Forum to Feature Biofuels Panel
The upcoming annual Ag Outlook Forum in Kansas City September 16 will feature a panel discussion on the Future of Biofuels. Moderated by Kansas Corn CEO Emeritus Greg Krissek, the panel will feature Donnell Rehagen, CEO, Clean Fuels Alliance America; Jeff Davidman, Vice President – Government Affairs, Delta Air Lines; and Lee Blank, CEO, Summit Carbon Solutions. Together they will …
Clean Fuels Comments Crush CARB Proposal
Clean Fuels Alliance America and the California Advanced Biofuels Alliance (CABA) joined to provide comments on a proposal from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that would put a cap on soy- and canola-based biodiesel and renewable diesel. The groups say the proposal could raise prices of fuel and goods for California consumers and set back decarbonization efforts by years. …
Clean Fuels Disappointed in CARB LCFS Proposal
Clean Fuels Alliance America is disappointed in recently proposed amendments to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) low carbon fuel standard (LCFS). According to Clean Fuels, if adopted, these changes would impose caps on credits for soy- and canola-based biodiesel and renewable diesel, without sufficient scientific evidence to support such limitations. “These changes unjustly penalize biodiesel and renewable diesel—low-carbon fuels …
NASDA CEO Ted McKinney Sees Potential in SAF
Former USDA Under Secretary and currently CEO of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture Ted McKinney is optimistic about the future of sustainable aviation fuel as a market for U.S. biofuels, provided they have the opportunity under the upcoming 45Z tax credit. “Our ethanol and our soy diesel and renewable diesel and all the folks that are doing …
USDA Gets Climate Smart Farming Feedback
The U.S. Department of Agriculture received lots of input from biofuels groups this week on how to prove the impact of climate-smart farming practices on the greenhouse gas (GHG) net emissions estimates associated with the production of domestic agricultural commodities used as biofuel feedstocks, in response to a Federal Register request last month. The Request for Information is expected to …
NREL Releases BQ-9000 Biodiesel Assessment for 2023
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released the seventh in a series of reports documenting the quality of biodiesel from North American producers participating in the BQ-9000 program based on monthly data collected throughout the calendar year 2023. The 2023 report, authored by Robert L. McCormick, features significant advancements highlighting new parameters that offer a more comprehensive analysis on …
Clean Fuels Intends to Sue EPA Over RFS Rule Delay
Clean Fuels Alliance America this week delivered a formal notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to issue timely 2026 Renewable Fuel Standards. By statute, EPA is required to finalize volumes 14 months before the start of the compliance year; for 2026, that deadline would come at the end of October this year. On June …
Members of Congress Oppose Heavy Duty EV Mandate
More than 150 members of both houses of Congress joined Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) and Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan demanding that the Biden administration end its de facto EV mandate on trucks, tractors, buses, and semis. “The Biden administration’s mandate that impacts all trucks, tractors, buses, and semis would strain …
USDA Seeks Climate Smart Biofuel Feedstocks Data
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking information on procedures for quantifying, reporting, and verifying the effect of climate-smart farming practices on the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with U.S.-grown biofuel feedstock crops with the goal to qualify for the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the request during the Clean Fuels Alliance America June …