Lance Cheung
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Biofuel leaders say the shipping industry could be a golden goose for ethanol and soy-based biodiesel. One of the big barriers is the Trump administration, which torpedoed a global agreement to reduce pollution.
Madeleine Charis King
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Iowa Public Radio
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A new study predicts a growing gap between the supply of corn and market demand over the next decade, which could continue to drag down corn prices. Industry leaders are pushing for year-round E15 fuel sales and policies that support emerging low-carbon fuel markets for shipping and aviation. -
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld lower court decisions barring counties from imposing safety standards on a pipeline subject to federal safety standards. -
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted an emergency waiver permitting the nationwide sale of a fuel blend with higher amounts of ethanol through the summer months, which Iowa fuel and farm leaders say will help farmers, fuel producers and Iowans at the pumps.
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South Dakota regulators say Summit Carbon Solutions will need to reapply for a permit application to build a carbon dioxide pipeline. The decision is another setback for the multi-state project. -
Summit Carbon Solutions’ plan to build a pipeline across five states included the right to use eminent domain in some states. A South Dakota law says that’s no longer allowed, and an Iowa bill seeks to do the same. -
Biofuel advocates say the industry is at an inflection point. They’re calling on the new administration to increase ethanol and biodiesel volumes in the country's fuel supply, expand E15 gasoline and clarify tax credits.
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A group of House and Senate Republicans are looking to challenge the constitutionality of Summit Carbon Solutions' proposed pipeline. -
Summit Carbon Solutions has proposed new public informational meeting dates for 23 counties that would span about four weeks. The company that recently gained approval from state regulators for its carbon dioxide pipeline system in Iowa wants to proceed with expansion requests for that system starting in late August. -
The Iowa Utilities Board approved Summit’s CO2 pipeline project and gave the company the right of eminent domain to build on property where landowners oppose it.
