CBO Analyzes RFS: Expect Higher Gasoline and Diesel Prices
Government mandates increase energy prices compared to the energy prices in a free market. That is the upshot of a new Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) study analyzing the impact of 3 scenarios...
View ArticleWhat Will EPA’s Final Decision Be on the RFS?
Although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was charged with letting the public know what the mandates would be for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for 2014 last November, it still has not...
View ArticleOversight Hearing on EPA’s Failed Implementation of RFS
Something is seriously wrong with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Every year, EPA requires a set amount of biofuels to be blended into conventional fuels, but for 2014, EPA refused to release the...
View ArticleThe RFS Fallacy
The Renewable Fuels Standard in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 sets mandates for biofuels production in the United States and was intended to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and...
View ArticleForbes Op-Ed: Can The ‘Tyranny Of The Status Quo’ Be Broken?
Robert Bradley, Jr., IER’s Founder and CEO, recently penned an op-ed titled, “The Renewable Fuel Standard: Can The ‘Tyranny Of The Status Quo’ Be Broken?” Below is the text of the piece: 4/10/2015...
View ArticleWill EPA Protect U.S. Gasoline Consumers?
A recent report by NERA Economic Consulting finds dire consequences for American gasoline consumers if EPA does not lower the amount of ethanol required by the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) this...
View ArticleCharles Drevna to Testify on Broken RFS
WASHINGTON — IER Distinguished Senior Fellow Charles Drevna will testify today at 10:00 AM ET before the House Science Subcommittees on Oversight and Environment at a hearing on the Renewable Fuel...
View ArticleEPA Sets Final Ethanol Levels
On November 30, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final biofuel levels for 2014, 2015, and 2016. EPA is tasked to do this each November to set the levels for the next year’s...
View ArticleDespite Record Production, Ethanol Mandate Continues to Cost Public
2015 was a good year for the ethanol industry for both production and blending. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. ethanol producers increased their production 3.4 percent...
View ArticleEPA Mandates Renewable Fuel Levels Above 10 Percent Blend Wall
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the legal authority to modify the Renewable Fuel Standard mandate levels if the legislated requirements are not attainable. When Congress passed the levels...
View ArticleThe Renewable Fuel Standard is Hurting Consumers and U.S. Refineries
Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) are credits generated when biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are blended with gasoline and diesel fuel. RINs are used to show compliance with the Renewable...
View ArticleGAO Report Reveals the Failures of the Renewable Fuel Standard
Besides issues with the blend wall and with renewable identification numbers that we have discussed in the past, the General Accountability Office (GAO) has identified other issues with the Renewable...
View ArticleObama’s EPA Ups Renewable Fuel Mandate for 2017
The day before Thanksgiving, the Obama Administration released its final biofuel requirements for 2017, raising the required biofuel levels from those proposed earlier this year. The new levels are...
View ArticleEPA Sets Final Ethanol Levels
On November 30, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final biofuel levels for 2014, 2015, and 2016. EPA is tasked to do this each November to set the levels for the next year’s...
View ArticleDespite Record Production, Ethanol Mandate Continues to Cost Public
2015 was a good year for the ethanol industry for both production and blending. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), U.S. ethanol producers increased their production 3.4 percent...
View ArticleEPA Mandates Renewable Fuel Levels Above 10 Percent Blend Wall
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the legal authority to modify the Renewable Fuel Standard mandate levels if the legislated requirements are not attainable. When Congress passed the levels...
View ArticleThe Renewable Fuel Standard is Hurting Consumers and U.S. Refineries
Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) are credits generated when biofuels such as ethanol and biodiesel are blended with gasoline and diesel fuel. RINs are used to show compliance with the Renewable...
View ArticleGAO Report Reveals the Failures of the Renewable Fuel Standard
Besides issues with the blend wall and with renewable identification numbers that we have discussed in the past, the General Accountability Office (GAO) has identified other issues with the Renewable...
View ArticleObama’s EPA Ups Renewable Fuel Mandate for 2017
The day before Thanksgiving, the Obama Administration released its final biofuel requirements for 2017, raising the required biofuel levels from those proposed earlier this year. The new levels are...
View ArticleIER Submits Biodiesel Coalition Letter to EPA’s Pruitt
On Thursday, October 19, IER submitted a coalition letter in support of the EPA proposal to adjust Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volume obligations for biomass-based diesel fuel (biodiesel), a copy of...
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