Labor union urges Biden to issue RFS refiner waivers

The International Union of Operating Engineers is urging the Biden administration to issue waivers from renewable fuel standard (RFS) biofuels blending mandates for small refiners claiming economic hardship, saying the waivers would lower gas prices and save union jobs, but EPA appears unlikely to grant such requests. In an April 28 letter to President Joe Biden, the union says refiners “employ thousands of union members in their operations around the country, including hundreds of Operating Engineers. These union employers are...