Sentences with phrase «other biofuel mandates»

These senators (and many House and Senate colleagues) are determined that ethanol, biodiesel, and other biofuel mandates and «targets» will always and only go in one direction: upward.

Despite what I thought were persuasive articles over the years (here, here and here, for example), corn ethanol and other biofuel mandates remain embedded in U.S. law.

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The biofuel mandate is noteworthy because, unlike other energy regulations, it doesn't even produce a clear collective benefit.

Catsimatidis told The Post that his lobbyists, including the well - connected firm Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz, «are trying to get it done» and that he's «hopeful» the biofuel mandate — forcing homeowners and businesses to use a mix of traditional petroleum heating oil with soybean - and other vegetable - based oils — will be approved this year.

Despite this direct link between biofuels and food price volatility, the United States and many other countries, including Canada, Brazil and the European Union, have mandates (1) on biofuels.

Risk Factors, proposed carbon policy and other climate - related regulations in many countries, as well as the continued growth in biofuels mandates, could have negative impacts on the refining business.

Moreover, biofuel mandates and subsidies tend to push land out of other carbon - sequestering uses including food production.

Ethanol and other biofuels might have made some sense when Congress passed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and established mandates (or «standards») requiring that refiners and consumer purchase large quantities of ethanol and other biofuels.

They recommend, among other things, that governments rethink biofuels policies, especially the subsidies and mandates for biofuels from crops that rely on the dedicated use of land.