• Renewable fuels mandate for biodiesel, including Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) Small refinery exemptions by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Issues relating to tax policies to promote the production and use of biofuels

Duration: January 10, 2014 to present

General Issues: Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Fuel/Gas/Oil

Spending: about $2,080,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2014: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, White House Office, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Energy - Dept of, Natl Economic Council (NEC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Executive Office of the President (EOP), Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), State - Dept of (DOS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA), Vice President of the U.S.