Environmentalists Fight Incinerators’ Bid For RFS Credit Despite EPA Denial

Environmentalists are calling out what they claim is a “covert lobbying blitz” aimed at winning credit for electricity produced by waste incinerators under the renewable fuel standard (RFS), a move EPA ruled out in its proposal setting RFS biofuel blending volumes for 2023 through 2025 that it must finalize in June. Friends of the Earth (FOE) in a May 30 statement unveiled results of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests that sought communications between EPA and waste-to-energy (WTE) industry officials,...