On Tuesday, October 15, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule that contradicted a promise to reallocate waived gallons from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and instead released a new proposal to adjust how it sets refinery targets, representing a significant setback to the renewable fuels industry. The reallocation of waived gallons would have provided a needed, although delayed, correction back to established market values for the credits that biogas and other renewable fuel producers can sell under the RFS…“The Trump Administration simply cannot be trusted to properly administer the Renewable Fuel Standard. The actions taken so far are killing project development, the creation of jobs and private investment, and, most importantly, directly attacking the livelihood of American farmers. This nonsense must stop and it must stop now,” said Patrick Serfass, Executive Director of the American Biogas Council. More >>
