Trump policy upends Metro East fuel plant

Podcast: The Arch City Report · St. Louis Business Journal

Opublikowano: 2026-09-17

When a new presidential administration takes office, policy shifts can ripple through the business world in unexpected ways. This week, reporter Jim Drew joins the show to share the story of Chrysalis Biosciences — a company that, at the start of 2024, was poised to transform a shuttered ethanol plant in Sauget, Illinois into a production facility for renewable jet fuel. With a landmark investment from a $200 million sustainable aviation fuel fund led by Airbus, the future looked bright. But after Donald Trump returned to the White House, the Biden-era support for sustainable fuels evaporated, investors lost interest, and Ch...