Several Republicans in the Iowa House have been highly critical of the way the current chair handled the commission’s review and approval of the involuntary taking of land with compensation to build a carbon dioxide pipeline across the state.
Activists yelled from the Iowa Senate Gallery on Friday after lawmakers declined to debate legislation that would address eminent domain and carbon capture pipelines
The summer waiver follows ones issued by the Democratic Joe Biden administration in the 2022, 2023 and 2024 summer driving season over the objections of refiners and following weeks of lobbying by ethanol advocates.
Also, House lawmakers advance bill to extend biofuels tax incentives
Stations have a little more than 10 months to comply or face fines of up $1,000 per day, per violation, and the revocation of their license to sell fuel.
The ethanol industry has been a stabilizing force for corn prices in recent years, and boosting ethanol demand might help counteract diminished farm income.
U.S. ethanol producers are on the brink of getting the green light from Congress to sell higher blends of corn-based biofuel nationwide -- a long-elusive goal the industry considers crucial to its future.
Facility near Shell Rock paid fine after three years of emitting cancer-causing toxins into the atmosphere.
Also in the Capitol Notebook: State board approves $6.35M investment to expand ethanol, biodiesel availability.
The first of several expected lawsuits have been filed in state and federal court to overrule state regulators who agreed to issue a pipeline permit to Summit Carbon Solutions.
Residents railed against a carbon dioxide pipeline project that has received partial approval in Iowa and is set for expansion.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, a former Iowa Democratic governor, held an “Investing in America” town hall Thursday in North Liberty where he highlighted efforts by President Joe Biden’s administration to create additional income opportunities for producers and entrepreneurs.
POET facility near Shell Rock found problem, fixed it, notified state
Making that dream a reality hasn’t been easy, in part because even as farmers would benefit from a huge new market for corn, the plan relies on federal tax credits triggered by capturing carbon dioxide at refineries and then moving the gas hundreds of miles through pipelines that would snake across the Midwest, including beneath farmers’ fields.
New tax credit guidelines issued for producers of sustainable aviation fuel
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