In Washington, the House of Representatives has voted 378-46 to approve a $44.7 billion package to extend the $1 per gallon tax credit for biodiesel, the $1/gallon credit for biomass-based diesel, and the 10 cents per gallon agri-biodiesel producer credit for a total cost of $1.3 billion from 2015-2024. The bill likewise would extend through […]
In Washington, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Dave Loebsack (IA-02), along with 16 other members of Congress, introduced HR 5559, the Bridge to a Clean Energy Future Act of 2014, last week. The bill would extend critical incentives to provide market certainty and to strengthen investment in clean energy such as extending Production Tax Credit […]
In Belgium, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted to raise the Fuel Quality Directive’s requirement for fuel producers to reduce the carbon intensity of their fuels by 9% by the end of 2025, up from 6% by 2020, the current requirement. The Committee also voted for a 5.5% ceiling on the use of food-based biofuels […]
