Tag: RFS

Congressmen request EPA expand RFS eligibility to maritime transportation

October 19, 2026 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, American Biogas Council (ABC) applauds Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) and six other U.S. Representatives for their letter urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to expand Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) eligibility for renewable fuels used in domestic maritime transportation. Some qualified renewable fuels used in vessels serving domestic routes cannot currently generate RFS […]

Growth Energy says SREs should only be granted when shown RFS causes true harm

August 3, 2026 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, Growth Energy issued the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its decision on six small refinery exemption (SRE) petitions under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Specifically, EPA granted one full exemption (100%) and two partial exemptions (50%) for the 2024 compliance year, and then deemed one petition for 2024 […]

Poll shows ever more voters support RFS

June 30, 2026 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, a new nationwide poll of more than 2,000 registered voters found a strong majority of Americans support the Renewable Fuel Standard and believe renewable fuels—like ethanol—play a key role in enhancing national energy security. A record 74 percent of registered voters support the Renewable Fuel Standard, with just 12 percent opposed to the […]

Growth Energy supports proposed FWS and NMFS amendments to support RFS

December 23, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, Growth Energy expressed its support for regulatory amendments proposed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that streamline the regulatory process, addressing unnecessary barriers that have the potential to undermine the benefits of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a clean energy program that drives economic and environmental benefits by […]

EPA On Collection Of Biointermediates Data

November 5, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: RFS Annual Rules (EPA ICR Number 2691.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0740) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the […]

Bill aims to steer biofuels into global shipping

March 12, 2025 | Jim Kendrick

In Washington, D.C., Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced the Renewable Fuel for Ocean-Going Vessels Act, a bipartisan bill that would allow companies to retain Renewable Identification Number credits under the Renewable Fuel Standard for biofuels used in international shipping, they announced. “Expanding the use of biofuels like renewable diesel strengthens American […]

Oil, farm and biofuels industry join to call on EPA to keep fully leverage RFS

February 27, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, American Petroleum Institute last week joined with fuel marketers and retailers, biofuels producers, and agriculture stakeholders in recognizing the critical role liquid fuels serve in the American economy. In a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, the organizations urged the agency to fully leverage the Renewable Fuel Standard to support […]

EPA publishes third RFS impact report but USDA disagrees with assessment

January 21, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency published its third impact report on the Renewable Fuel Standard, which builds on the previous two reports, Biofuels and the Environment: First Triennial Report to Congress (2011) and Biofuels and the Environment: Second Triennial Report to Congress (2018). It reinforces the broad conclusions from the first two reports on […]

RFA calls out proposed California LCFS regulations as fundamentally flawed

October 17, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In California, proposed regulations updating California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard are fundamentally flawed and could significantly restrict the future use of low-carbon ethanol in the state, the Renewable Fuels Association noted in comments submitted late Wednesday to the state’s Air Resources Board (CARB). The comments, which build on RFA’s previous submission filed in August, underscore that […]

RFS tells USDA climate-smart agriculture is a unique opportunity to decarbonize biofuels

October 1, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Washington, testimony at a USDA public consultation on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and biofuel feedstocks, RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper endorsed the “extraordinary opportunity” for CSA to help decarbonize renewable fuels and urged federal agencies, including the Treasury Department, to embrace book-and-claim supply chain management approaches. “If 45Z and other regulations require that physical commodities […]

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