Oil-state Republicans urge EPA to waive 2020 RFS

A group of 17 Republican senators from oil-producing and refining states is pressing EPA to waive its renewable fuel standard (RFS) for 2020, and to reduce biofuel blending obligations for refineries in its forthcoming proposed volumes rules for 2021 and 2022, as the agency nears proposal of those rules. In their Aug. 23 letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, the group led by Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) say, “In light of COVID-19’s impact on the...