Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

On November 4, 2022, the White House announced a new initiative to support research and development projects on 37 “game-changing” technologies to advance the Biden Administration’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. We will be tracking future funding announcements under this initiative.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

According to EMSA, the report also features techno-economic analyses and includes risk-based case studies to evaluate the potential of biofuels for the maritime sector. Bergeson and Carla N.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The other set of bills adds natural gas, renewable natural gas, propane-- rebranding them as “low emission transportation fuels” to the “biofuel” program under the Biofuel Development And Instate Production Act Program-- Senate Bill 1338 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) and House Bill 2871 (Gleim-R-Cumberland). But obviously, that’s not all they do.

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MARCH 2, 2022

On February 23, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a webinar on requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the premanufacture notice (PMN) process for biofuels. More information on webinar is available in our March 1, 2022, memorandum. Bergeson and Carla N.

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APRIL 18, 2022

On March 9, 2022, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Home Front Energy Independence Act that would ban Russian oil and replace it with the use of biofuels produced in the United States. Bergeson and Ligia Duarte Botelho, M.A. Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension Act of 2021.

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JANUARY 25, 2022

On January 11, 2022, Michigan State Senator Kevin Daley (R, 31st Senate District) introduced a bill focused on growing alternative fuel production in Michigan and providing cleaner and cheaper options for Michigan drivers using biofuels produced with renewable energy from Michigan farms.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New Chemicals Program will hold a webinar on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST) to learn about requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the premanufacture notice (PMN) process for biofuels.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 19, 2023

For context, the perennial problem in designing novel chemical materials, like new biofuels or energy storage materials for batteries, is one of scale. To illustrate this, let’s consider designing a novel biofuel blend to replace diesel. 2022): 720-730. SV, Shree Sowndarya, et al. ” Nature Machine Intelligence 4.8

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When I started working on biofuel policy back in 2008, there was a lot of criticism of corn ethanol because in some cases it had lifecycle emissions higher than gasoline. The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i]. ii] O’Malley, J., Pavlenko, Y.H.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Dairy digesters feature prominently in CARB’s 2022 Scoping Plan, California’s sector-by-sector roadmap toward carbon neutrality, as a significant source of emissions reductions. The new biogas subsidization frenzy brings to mind past failures attempting to jumpstart a market for crop-based biofuels.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

” BETO partnered with T2C-Energy, LLC (T2C) to validate pilot-scale production of drop-in biofuels with a price of $3 per gallon of gas equivalent (GGE) and at least 60 percent lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than petroleum, using T2C’s TRIFTS ® process. Bergeson and Carla N.

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MAY 28, 2021

Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and House Representatives Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) joined forces in a letter to urge President Biden to uphold his promise to support biofuels in the next four years.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

On December 2, 2022, the U.S. Bergeson and Carla N.

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MARCH 25, 2022

On March 23, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a webinar on “ Biofuel Premanufacture Notices: New Chemical Risk Assessment and Applications of Tools and Models.” EPA states that to support this effort, it is offering outreach and training to stakeholders interested in biofuels.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a draft document entitled Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft) for public comment. EPA continues to work on issuing final annual biofuel standards under the RFS Program for future years. Bergeson and Carla N.

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AUGUST 8, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 1, 2022, a 15-day public comment period on two additional peer review candidates for the external peer review of the Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (RtC3). Comments are due August 16, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

The grants support electricity, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, propane, hydrogen, hythane, biodiesel, ethanol, methanol, and other advanced biofuels. Posted: June 30, 2022] PA Environment Digest There are two deadlines for applications- August 26 and December 16. New grant rounds are expected this Fall.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

On January 21, 2022, the U.S. The announcement includes: New Chemicals Division Integrated Approach to Biofuels. EPA states that NCD developed a standardized process for the way biofuel PMNs are reviewed. Bergeson and Carla N. Registration for the meeting is open.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Council further agreed to soften its recommendation that the state enact clean fuel standard legislation, and instead decided to recommend in the draft plan the use of biofuels and electric vehicles. The Council must then issue its final Scoping Plan by the end of 2022.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

The virtual public hearing is scheduled for January 4, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. If necessary, EPA will hold an additional virtual session on January 5, 2022 , to accommodate the number of testifiers. to 5:00 p.m.

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MAY 18, 2022

On April 18, 2022, EPA announced the opportunity for public comment on its proposed analysis of the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with biofuels produced from canola/rapeseed oil. Comments must be submitted by May 18, 2022. Bergeson and Ligia Duarte Botelho, M.A.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

On December 1, 2022, the U.S. The RFS “Set” proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of modifications intended to strengthen and expand the program.

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JANUARY 17, 2022

In the RFI “Overcoming Barriers to Renewable Fuel Scale-Up and Demonstration,” DOE expresses its wish to obtain input from biofuels producers and technology developers regarding their readiness to scale process technologies to pilot- and demonstration-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel, and renewable marine fuels.

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Physics World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Spaceport Cornwall expects to host regular Virgin Orbit launches from early 2022 and hopes to be the UK’s only “horizontal spaceport” – meaning that rocket-carrying planes can both take off and land. OneWeb – another US competitor – has so far launched 358 and will achieve global coverage using 648 satellites by the end of 2022.

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APRIL 12, 2022

On March 22, 2022, DOE announced a $34.5 million funding opportunity to improve the science and infrastructure for converting waste streams into bioproducts and biofuels that can benefit the local energy economy. EDT) on April 18, 2022. EDT) on June 7, 2022. Bergeson and Ligia Duarte Botelho, M.A. Robust Microbial Cells.

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MARCH 14, 2022

On January 31, 2022, U.S. The letter states that adjusting these biofuel volumes more than two years after they were finalized would set a troubling precedent and impact negatively the entire agriculture and fuel supply chain. biofuel sector. Setting 2021 volumes at the statutory levels.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Baseline Funding for Farm Bill Programs ($ billions; FY 2022-2031). Source: Congressional Research Service, Preparing for the Next Farm Bill (2022). For example, from 1995 to 2022 corn and soy, used largely for animal feed (and biofuels) received over 56% of all crop insurance premium subsidies.

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MARCH 10, 2022

On February 16, 2022, EPW held a hearing to examine EPA’s RFS program. While Senator Carper demonstrated continued support for the RFS program, he also noted that “[f]or example, the amount of advanced renewable fuel used today in this country is far less than the 36 billion gallons that Congress mandated in 2007 be used by 2022.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

According to NASEM, LCAs have been increasingly applied in the development of transportation fuel policy to estimate and help reduce GHG emissions from fuels such as electricity, biofuels, synthetic fuels, and hydrogen. Biofuel production facilities typically produce additional products. Bergeson and Carla N.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

This free online resource includes a searchable database that catalogues all of the climate change-related provisions in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), as well as a tracker that records actions taken by federal agencies to implement those provisions. The IRA Tracker homepage.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

On October 28, 2022, the U.S. It is anticipated that these funds will support new projects related to rural electric system resiliency, biofuels, renewable energy technologies, and more. Written comments are due November 28, 2022. November 4, 2022 , focused on IRA Section 22004. Bergeson and Carla N.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2022

On September 21, 2022, the New York Times published an essay by Gabriel Popkin titled “Are There Better Places to Put Large Solar Farms Than These Forests?” By Matthew Eisenson.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

The European Parliament (EP) voted on September 14, 2022, to increase the share of renewables in the European Union’s (EU) final energy consumption to 45 percent by 2030 , under the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), a target also backed by the European Commission (EC) under its “RepowerEU” package.

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MARCH 14, 2022

On March 16, 2022 , the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy will hold a hearing on “ Bioenergy Research and Development for the Fuels and Chemicals of Tomorrow.” Bergeson and Carla N.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2022

On June 17, 2022, the Department of Agriculture announced the suspension of the 2 percent biodiesel content mandate on diesel fuel sold for on-road use imposed under section 3(a)(1) of the Biofuel Development and In-State Production Incentive Act (73 P.S. § 1650.3(a)(1)) a)(1)) for out-of-state fuel sold in the Commonwealth.

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AUGUST 23, 2022

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced on August 11, 2022, that a research team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory investigated how potassium in biomass feedstocks poisons a catalyst. Bergeson and Carla N.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

OCTOBER 6, 2023

And in 2022 , the number of farmers turned away from CSP due to a lack of funding had grown to over 24,000. In 2020 , more than 20,000 farmers were turned away from the program due to a lack of funding. In these two years, more than 75% of the farmers that applied to one of USDA’s most effective climate programs were turned away.

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