Biofuels Groups Urge Officials To ‘Optimize’ RFS For Carbon Reductions

Biofuels industry groups are ramping up efforts to boost biofuel blending under the renewable fuel standard (RFS) and head-off any possible concessions to the refining sector that could diminish the market for renewable and alternative fuels, urging officials to “optimize” the program to reduce the carbon footprint of liquid fuels. In a June 22 letter to House and Senate leadership of both parties, the National Biodiesel Board (NBB) and some 50 allied biofuels groups became the latest to urge Congress...