Environmentalists Target EPA’s RFS ‘Set’ Rule, Citing Climate, Species Harms

Environmentalists are again attacking the environmental credentials of the renewable fuel standard (RFS), arguing that EPA’s “set” rule, which for the first time set biofuel blending volumes under the agency’s authority, relies on an unlawful and flawed assessment of climate and endangered species impacts. In a March 22 opening brief , Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and the National Wildfire Federation (NWF) say EPA, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) violated the Clean Air...