RFS Faces 2015 Challenges As EPA Seeks To Bolster Low-Carbon Biofuels

EPA's flagship renewable fuel standard (RFS) program faces considerable challenges in 2015 as the administration looks to finalize long-overdue blend mandates that could begin to balance the production of low-carbon cellulosic and advanced biofuels with more conventional corn-based ethanol. The corn sector, for example, is likely to oppose any effort that reduces their blending requirements relative to other fuel sources while the oil industry, which is urging Congress to repeal the program, is already charging that EPA's approval of some...