Governors' Biofuels Coalition

A bipartisan group of senators is calling on President Donald Trump to “immediately reverse course” on his decision to allow Russian diesel imports, accusing the administration of violating federal law and handing Moscow a financial lifeline as it wages war against Ukraine.

“President Trump’s decision to allow Russian diesel imports to the U.S. runs directly counter to that law,” the senators said in a statement released Sunday, citing Congress’ 2022 ban on Russian energy imports. “The Administration has also failed to consult with Congress or submit any explanation to justify its decision as required by statute.”

The rebuke includes four Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Thom Tillis (N.C.) and John Curtis (Utah) — along with Democratic Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.). Shaheen is the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

The Iowa Utilities Commission has denied a request from Summit Carbon Solutions, the company seeking to build a carbon sequestration pipeline in Iowa, to consolidate outstanding dockets and schedule a hearing. 

The IUC issued hearing schedules for two sections of pipeline in the company’s second phase of the project, but denied Summit’s request to combine the dockets. 

The IUC did not rule on the remaining dockets for phase 2, which could still be consolidated in the future, as Summit has requested. Summit’s phase 2 pipeline routes would add laterals to the pipeline, allowing it to connect to more biorefineries than the original route included. 

President Donald Trump is tempering his endorsement of a diesel export ban because of concerns that it could push up gasoline prices, as his administration raises expectations of price relief from new diesel supplies in Europe. Trump said on Wednesday that although he was still “thinking about” a diesel export ban, he believes the US is in a “good place” because of a recent drop in crude prices and a “tremendous” volume of oil coming out of the strait of Hormuz. Trump had called for a diesel export ban last week, but administration officials have since said that an outright ban on exports is unlikely.

The Trump administration has told Germany and ‌France to draw down emergency diesel inventories to help to ease global fuel prices or face a potential US diesel export ban, said three people close to the discussions. The warning marks an escalation of pressure on Europe as US President Donald ​Trump considers a potential diesel export ban to bring down US fuel prices ahead of November’s ​midterm elections.

 US corn outright prices fell sharply Sept. 30, tracking losses on the Chicago Board of Trade after the USDA Grains Stocks report was released, which showed higher corn stocks than expected. Platts assessed October CIF New Orleans corn at $222.75/mt Sept. 30, down $7.95/mt from the previous assessment. November CIF New Orleans corn was assessed at $229.80/mt, down $8/mt, while December FOB Gulf corn was assessed at $236.52/mt, down $8.36/mt.

Electricity prices and other energy costs keep rising, but USDA has severely restricted one of the biggest tools farmers and small rural businesses have had to produce solar power on their farms to offset costs, according to a new lawsuit.

Farmers in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin, along with solar energy groups, filed a lawsuit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, suing USDA and department officials over changes to the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) that plaintiffs argue were done to effectively block funding for nearly all on-farm solar projects.

President Donald Trump appears set on banning diesel exports. His Cabinet, oil industry executives and some GOP lawmakers are hoping he doesn’t.

Instead, they are pitching the administration on several other ideas that would be less disruptive to oil markets while still lowering the price of diesel — at least temporarily.

Among the ideas being floated is to ask European governments to release diesel from their own strategic reserves, said two people familiar with the discussions who were granted anonymity to discuss conversations with the White House.

Poet LLC announced on Monday that it recently supplied ethanol for the first 100% ethanol bunkering operation in the U.S. at the Port of Houston.

The successful trial was conducted by A.P. Moller-Maersk, one of the world’s largest maritime shipping companies, according to a news release from Poet.

“The successful operation was made possible through collaboration across the maritime and biofuels industries,” Poet said on Monday.

“Maersk provided the vessel and championed bioethanol as a marine fuel. Kirby Corporation supported the marine bunkering operation and transportation of the fuel. Port of Houston provided critical port coordination and infrastructure, while the U.S. Coast Guard supported the regulatory requirements necessary to conduct the first U.S.-based 100% bioethanol bunkering operation.”

Donald Trump might go down as the EV president. Global sales of electric vehicles are soaring, aided by skyrocketing gasoline and diesel prices resulting from the Iran war. In Europe, 1 in 5 new cars registered this year are fully electric. Add hybrids and it climbs to more than half of new registrations. In Australia and South Korea, EV sales were up 110% through the first half of 2026 compared to the same time in 20

 Iowa is on the verge of a farm crisis that threatens to wreck the agricultural heart of the state and hurt the fortunes of Republicans at the top of the midterm ticket. Why it matters: Democrats could win in several once-reliably Republican states in November, but President Trump’s policies have caused such severe financial problems for farmers — especially those who grow corn — that Iowa appears particularly vulnerable.