Canadian family-owned agribusiness Parrish & Heimbecker (P&H) has partnered with Picton Terminals by Doornekamp to build a new bulk agricultural marine terminal in Prince Edward County, Ontario.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has published a notice outlining modifications to its proposed amendments to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) that would limit soyabean and canola oils in biomass-based diesel, Biodiesel Magazine wrote.

An increase in olive oil and cocoa bean prices – due to extreme weather events worldwide and other factors – is having an impact on the speciality chocolate sector, according to an Olive Oil Times report.

The UK’s advertising watchdog has ruled that Virgin Atlantic’s unqualified sustainability claims made in an advertisement about its flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) were misleading.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched investigations into the supply chains of at least two renewable fuel producers amid concerns that some may be using fraudulent feedstocks for biodiesel in a bid to secure government subsidies.

Olive trees in Italy’s major olive-growing regions have been damaged by heatwaves and severe drought conditions ahead of this year’s harvest, Olive Oil Times wrote.

The Malaysian government has announced a revised adopt-an-orangutan plan for major palm oil trading partners, Reuters reported Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities Johari Abdul Ghani as saying.

Scientists from Macquarie University and the California Institute of Technology in the USA have developed a novel method designed to create controlled, reversible genetic modifications of wild populations, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) reported.

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has expanded its barge fleet in Paraguay.

Swedish marine fuel supplier ScanOcean and biofuel producer Vegoil – part of Energifabriken – have launched a renewable marine fuel blend.

The New Zealand government has announced it will be introducing new legislation to simplify the process for companies and researchers to develop and commercialise products using gene technologies such as gene editing, Reuters reported.

Renewable diesel imports into the USA surged in the first five months of this year, according to data in the US Energy Information Administration (EIA)’s latest Petroleum Supply Monthly report.

The Indonesian government has started conducting tests in preparation for its plan to increase the palm oil-based biodiesel mandate to 50%, up from the current 35%, VietnamPlus reported.