Fertilizer Canada is Deeply Concerned by Rail Work Stoppage and Lack of Action from the Federal Government

Aug 28, 2024

Fertilizer Canada is deeply concerned that CN Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) could not reach agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), resulting in a dual rail stoppage. Rail is vital to Canada’s economy, trade, and food security.

We are disappointed with the lack of action from the federal government despite calls from many Canadian and American stakeholders to prevent this devastating disruption. We continue to call on the federal government to take immediate action and direct the Canadian Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) to help all parties reach agreements through binding arbitration that prohibits TCRC from undertaking strike action and CN and CPKC from lockout action. We are calling on all political parties to support getting our railways running and refrain from making this a political issue.

The federal government should have no higher priority than getting our railways moving.

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Video: Understanding the Basics of the Renewable Fuel Standard

On Friday, April 24, 2026, from 12 noon–1:00 ET, the Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law, alongside the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s (PDA) Agricultural Business Development Center (ABDC), presented this webinar in the Understanding Agricultural Law Educational Series, a course designed to develop subject matter literacy and competence on fundamental issues of agricultural law for attorneys and business advisors who work with or represent agricultural or rural clients but may not necessarily specialize in agricultural law:

“Understanding the Basics of the Renewable Fuel Standard”

The Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program requires transportation fuel sold in the United States to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, or advanced biofuels. Established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and later expanded by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the RFS is implemented by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in collaboration with the Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

This webinar provides an overview of the legal authority and structure for the RFS program and explain how it works, including the program’s system of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) and categories of renewable fuels. Additionally, this webinar addresses EPA annual volume requirement rulemaking and associated recent legal issues.