by Jordan Godwin (OPIS Biofuels News) The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) will ask Congress to adopt a national clean fuels policy or low carbon fuels standard (LCFS) that would build upon the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the ethanol industry group said on Friday.
In a call with reporters to discuss its 2021 agenda, RFA said its top policy and regulatory priorities include restoring the integrity of the RFS, building upon the RFS with LCFS programs, modernizing U.S. transportation fuels infrastructure and rejuvenating ethanol trade.
The organization said LCFS policy should require an annual reduction in the average carbon intensity (CI) in transportation fuels, similar to programs operating in California and Oregon.
by Tom Doran (AgriNews) … The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers urged Regan, who was confirmed as EPA administrator on March 10, to “take swift action” on the Renewable Fuel Standard by extending compliance deadlines and “setting achievable targets” for the current and coming years.
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In response to the AFPM letter, the Renewable Fuels Association asked that Regan “stay the course” on the RFS.
Geoff Cooper, RFA president/CEO, addressed this and other ongoing issues in a recent RFA podcast.
The oil industry has been making a lot of noise lately about the RFS. What sway do you think their arguments are going to have with the new administration?
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(TOM/Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network/KIWA Radio) Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley recently said he’s encouraged the Environmental Protection Agency is siding with the ethanol industry in a case that goes before the Supreme Court later this month.
The industry and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals say the EPA can only grant ethanol waivers to oil refiners who got them continuously in prior years. Grassley says the announcement provides biofuel producers and Iowa farmers certainty regarding the use of ethanol waivers. Refiners HollyFrontier and CVR Energy argue Congress intended exemptions should be available for application “at any time.”
Grassley – who helped write the Renewable Fuel Standard – is leaving it up to the U.S. Supreme Court to interpret it, but adds: