RFS Plan Spurs Debate On Biodiesel, Renewable Diesel, Biogas Measures

Biofuel producers are debating measures in EPA’s proposed renewable fuel standard (RFS) for 2026 and 2027 that boosts biodiesel at the expense of “renewable diesel,” though some are still claiming the program retains an unfair advantage for renewable diesel. Meanwhile, renewable natural gas (RNG) producers are separately complaining that EPA unreasonably reduced RFS volumes for their product. In the proposal setting biofuel blending volumes, EPA significantly boosted the volume for biomass-based diesel (BBD), a category that includes both biodiesel, a...