Farming Groups Push Biden to Hold ‘Strong’ on Biofuel Quotas

June 17, 2021, 5:50 PM UTC

Seven groups representing farmers, biodiesel manufacturers and ethanol producers implored Biden administration officials to maintain strong biofuel-blending mandates they called critical to “protecting middle-class jobs and expanding low-carbon U.S. manufacturing.”

  • Oil refiners that have lobbied for reductions are using the Renewable Fuel Standard “as a scapegoat for unrelated executive actions to appease dissatisfied investors,” the National Farmers Union, Renewable Fuels Association, National Biodiesel Board and other groups say in letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan and National Economic Council Director Brian Deese
  • Governors have asked the EPA to waive biofuel-blending requirements under the RFS, drawing support from refiners such ...

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