News & Featured Stories
Featured Stories
July 16, 2025
As a cutting-edge and continually evolving industry, biodiesel and renewable diesel have transformed the U.S. energy landscape – delivering significant economic benefits today with the potential for even greater impact ahead.
News Releases
Clean Fuels Welcomes Proposed 45Z Rules
We greatly appreciate Treasury for moving forward with formal rules for the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit. The agency responded to many taxpayer concerns and resolved some uncertainties from the guidance issued a year ago.
Clean Fuels Foundation Extends Deadline for Beth Calabotta Sustainability Education Grant Applications
New deadline gives students additional time to apply for $3,000 grant supporting sustainability research and education
Clean Fuels Urges President Trump to Quickly Finalize RFS, 45Z Rules
We are hopeful that the administration is close to finalizing long-overdue regulatory rules. The delays and market uncertainty have taken a toll on our industry, undercutting fuel production and the value added to agriculture.
Clean Fuels Conference 2026: Unity Drives Growth, Progress
Policy wins, market momentum and industry alignment fuel next phase of growth for biodiesel, renewable diesel and SAF
New Mexico’s Clean Transportation Fuel Program Marks Major Expansion of Low Carbon Fuel Policy
New program unleashes domestic market opportunity while strengthening clean fuel supply chains
Clean Fuels to Recognize Two Prominent Industry Leaders at Annual Conference
John Deere and R.W. Beckett will be awarded for advancing higher biodiesel blends
Focus Stories
Why Biofuels Policy Must Focus on Real-World Land Use Risk
The collapse of Brazil’s soy moratorium exposes why biofuels policy that relies on blunt, feedstock-level ILUC penalties misses the real drivers of deforestation—and why a dynamic, risk-based approach grounded in on-the-ground governance is urgently needed
Rethinking ILUC Part 2: Lessons for California and Other Policymakers
In a recent Public Forum on Land Use Change (LUC) and other issues central to the clean fuels industry, CARB missed the opportunity to engage in discussion on balancing the environmental risk and economic reward of biomass-based diesel
Rethinking ILUC Part 1: California Falters on Clean Fuels
In a recent Public Forum on Land Use Change (LUC) and other issues central to the clean fuels industry, CARB missed the opportunity to engage in discussion on balancing the environmental risk and economic reward of biomass-based diesel
The Value of Acquiring Biodiesel from a BQ-9000 Supplier
BQ-9000 is the biodiesel industry’s gold standard as a quality management system giving original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), fleets, and fuel distributors the confidence they need