Biden administration to spend $3 bn on cleaner ports

In order to support an estimated 40,000 jobs and lower pollution, the Biden administration has pledged $3 billion in funding to upgrade and electrify port infrastructure. This money is given to 55 chosen recipients in 27 states and territories through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Ports awards. In order to provide better air for

New sustainable aviation fuel rules gets delayed

The Biden administration said its new climate modeling for sustainable aviation fuel feedstocks will be released in a matter of weeks, marking a delay sources said was due to disagreements over details of the revisions. The slow progress on the revised modeling has frustrated the biofuels industry by extending uncertainty over whether corn-based ethanol will

Climate law will come with stringent environmental safeguards

Billions of dollars in hydrogen-industry subsidies from president Joe Biden’s signature climate law will come with stringent environmental safeguards, raising concerns that strict rules will stifle production of the nascent climate-friendly fuel. Under the proposed rules laid out last Friday, the new clean-hydrogen tax credit won’t benefit existing nuclear power plants, which is a blow

The surging EVs market puts more demand for lithium mining

The International Energy Agency estimates the world will need 40 times more lithium by 2040 to help meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. There are concerns we won’t have enough: To satisfy that demand, we’ll need to open new mines or revive old ones. Federal policymakers want that lithium to come from the

US considering policy shift to boost ethanol blend

The Biden administration is expected to recommend for approval a rule that would allow expanded sales of gasoline with a higher ethanol blend in certain US Midwest states, based on a request from governors in those states. The approved rulemaking is not expected to take effect until summer of 2024. The rule would be a

Biden using oil reserves to regulate gas prices

President Joe Biden ordered the release of 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve for six months, a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the United States and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The president said it was not known

Biden admn to give states $1.15 bn to plug methane leak

The White House on Monday announced new steps to help curb emissions of methane, saying it will send $1.15 billion to states to clean up thousands of orphaned oil and gas wells that leak the powerful planet-warming gas. The Biden administration also outlined plans to enforce requirements for pipeline operators to minimize methane leaks, undertake

Biden weighing cuts to 2022 ethanol blending mandate proposal

The Biden administration is considering lowering the 2022 ethanol blending mandate below the proposed 15 billion gallons amid backlash from the oil refining lobby and unions arguing the shrinking US ethanol industry can no longer support the target, according to two sources familiar with the administration’s thinking. US President Joe Biden vowed to bring some

US governors explore state-level way to expand biofuel sales

A bipartisan group of US governors sent a letter to the on Thursday to ask for guidance on an action that could expand sales of a fuel with a higher ethanol blend. The letter sent to the Environmental Protection Agency comes after an appeals court in July struck down a U.S. action from 2019 that

Despite tight supply, US refiners export most gas in three years

While President Biden is fretting about high gasoline prices, even going as far as asking OPEC+ to raise oil output, US refiners are exporting the most gasoline in three years. Shipments of the fuel in the first eight months of the year rose to 802,000 barrels a day, the highest for the period since 2018,