Bipartisan US senators reintroduce nationwide E15 sales year-round legislation

Published 23:27 on February 14, 2025  /  Last updated at 23:27 on February 14, 2025  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

US senators proposed a bill that would fulfill President Donald Trump’s mandate for energy independence, allowing gasoline that is blended with 15% ethanol to be sold year-round.

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California Democrats seek to lessen LCFS consumer fuel price impacts with new legislation

Published 22:55 on February 13, 2025  /  Last updated at 22:55 on February 13, 2025  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

Democrats in the California Senate and Assembly introduced two bills on Wednesday focused on protecting consumers that are impacted by high fuel costs in light of increased stringency in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) programme.

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Xpansiv releases claims guidance on digital fuels registry

Published 00:04 on February 13, 2025  /  Last updated at 00:04 on February 13, 2025  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US, Voluntary

Infrastructure provider Xpansiv announced new guidance on Tuesday for its voluntary initiative inspired by California’s Low-Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and clean fuels policies.

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Peak diesel deficits in Q3 shrink Oregon CFP credit bank

Published 04:07 on February 12, 2025  /  Last updated at 04:07 on February 12, 2025  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

Record diesel deficit generation in the third quarter of 2024 significantly counterbalanced overall credit output under Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program (OCFP), according to state data published Tuesday.

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BRIEFING: Vermont unveils study of proposed cap-and-invest programme

Published 02:07 on February 11, 2025  /  Last updated at 02:07 on February 11, 2025  / , and /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

Vermont officials unveiled a study of its proposed cap-and-invest programme Monday that detailed a menu of design options the state could adopt to help meet its climate goals, including adding a potential low carbon fuels standard.

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US CCS projects may capture more than 30 MtCO2 annually from ethanol production -research

Published 14:52 on February 7, 2025  /  Last updated at 14:52 on February 7, 2025  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

By the end of 2024, 51 carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects in the US were in the planning stages aiming to store at least 30.5 million tonnes of CO2 each year from ethanol refineries, according to a research study released Wednesday.

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North American Clean Fuels Markets: Federal policy uncertainty looms over programmes

Published 03:10 on February 6, 2025  /  Last updated at 03:10 on February 6, 2025  / , and /  Americas, Canada, RINs & LCFS, US

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credit prices moved higher even as the programme’s surplus bank hit a new high in Q3 2024, but market observers remained cautious about the impact of ongoing political turbulence in the US and Canada on clean fuel schemes.

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New Mexico Dems seek to close biogas “loophole” in clean fuels standard

Published 01:55 on February 5, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:55 on February 5, 2025  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

A new state Senate bill aims to prevent biogas from being assigned a negative carbon intensity (CI) score in the state’s nascent clean fuels standard.

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LCFS surplus bank reaches new highs with record net credit build in Q3

Published 01:18 on February 1, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:18 on February 1, 2025  / /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) cumulative credit surplus surged to a record high of 4 mln in Q3, as renewable diesel (RD) and renewable natural gas (RNG) net credits reached new peaks, according to state data.

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CFTC: Investors continue CCA, LCFS pullback

Published 01:12 on February 1, 2025  /  Last updated at 01:21 on February 1, 2025  / , and /  Americas, Canada, RINs & LCFS, US

Financial entities continued to cool off from California Carbon Allowance (CCA) and Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LFS) futures and options holdings, while emitters increased longer-dated CCAs and LFS positions, latest figures from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed Friday.

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