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October 19, 2017
Ernst: Trump, EPA taking steps in right direction on renewable fuels
WASHINGTON — Midwestern senators welcomed signals Wednesday that the Trump administration would back off of proposals to weaken federal renewable fuel mandates, but the... -
October 19, 2017
Lessons from biofuels fight as progress reported
It seems President Donald Trump’s administration made significant progress Wednesday toward appeasing a bloc of corn-state Republicans blocking EPA nominees over the... -
October 18, 2017
Ernst Statement on the RFS, Wehrum Nomination
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on Bill Wehrum, the... -
Republicans are aiming to move a slate of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominees next week after a dispute over the names this week. The Environment and Public Works...
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October 18, 2017
Lawmakers concerned about E.P.A. proposal
Iowa leaders are working to keep a major part of the state's economy. The way renewable fuel is used in the country's oil supply has Iowans on alert. Governor Kim Reynolds talked... -
Governor Kim Reynolds today said she is “hopeful” President Trump will direct his EPA administrator to increase rather than decrease next year’s...
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October 18, 2017
Trump orders EPA to back off RFS changes, report says
PELLA — Amid rising pressure from Midwest politicians, President Donald Trump has told the Environmental Protection Agency to back off potential cuts in renewable fuel... -
October 18, 2017
Trump EPA nominees on hold amid dispute over biofuel mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate committee has delayed consideration of four of President Donald Trump's nominees for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency amid... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public...
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October 16, 2017
Ernst Joins Heitkamp, Blunt, Murray, Grassley in Urging EPA to Abandon Effort to Undermine Biodiesel Production
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) along with a bipartisan group of... -
September 27, 2017
Ernst Urges President Not to Lower RFS Volumes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Environment and...
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July 28, 2017
Ernst on DC Circuit Court’s Rejection of EPA’s Use of ‘Inadequate Domestic Supply’ Waiver
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency...
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April 26, 2017
Ernst Highlights Major Flaws of Expanded WOTUS Rule
“… the Corps and the Department of Justice claimed that a farmer needed a permit to plow his own land because the tops … of plowed furrows dry out in the sun and constitute, and no... -
WASHINGTON – United States Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa, along with a bipartisan group of 14 other senators led by Grassley and Sen. Maria Cantwell...
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April 26, 2017
Iowa senators help expand bio-fuels
WASHINGTON, D.C (KCRG-TV9) -- Sixteen senators, including Iowa's Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, introduced a bill aimed at stimulating the Iowa economy. It's called the American... -
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, questioned the Commanding General and Chief of Engineers of...
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Six billion gallons. That is the approximate amount of ethanol produced in Iowa and Illinois each and every year. It is more than the annual gasoline equivalent production of some...
