Iowa Biodiesel Board urges increases to Renewable Fuel Standard at EPA hearing

(WASHINGTON D.C.) – The Iowa Biodiesel Board is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to encourage biodiesel growth rather than stalling it under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard program.

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds announced a new cyber training partnership between the SANS (SysAdmin, Audit, Network and Security) Institute and the State of Iowa on Monday.

High school juniors, seniors, community college and college students are encouraged to participate in CyberStart, an online game of discovery, and compete against students in six other states for $650,000 in scholarships.

Washington, D.C. – Congressman Dave Loebsack today released the following statement after the Senate Committee on Commerce announced it will be taking action on the companion legislation to Loebsack’s Rural Wireless Access Act of 2017.

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AMES, Iowa, July 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:REGI) President and CEO Randy Howard issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s  release of the proposed Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) for 2018 Conventional and Advanced Biofuel and 2019 Biomass-Based Diesel:

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed renewable volume obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program for 2018.

(DES MOINES) – Gov. Kim Reynolds issued the following statement on the new renewable fuel volumes released from the Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday:

“I commend the Trump administration for its commitment to keeping the Renewable Fuel Standard at the level set by Congress. I am also pleased the Environmental Protection Agency is bringing predictability and stability to the renewable fuels industry.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the proposed Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) for the 2018 conventional biofuels requirement at 15 billion gallons under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). As race fans head to the Iowa Speedway for the Iowa Corn 300 this Sunday, we are pleased to see the EPA hitting the statutory target for corn ethanol.

Reduction would result in first ever cut to advanced biofuels volume

Iowa Biodiesel Board says EPA proposal takes American manufacturing backwards

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