Trump Administration Faces Tough Choices Over RFS, Biofuels Policy

The Trump administration will face tough choices over how to handle the renewable fuel standard (RFS) and biofuels policy more broadly when it takes office Jan. 20, as officials must navigate a familiar tug of war between pro-biofuels and pro-oil interests that divides the Republican caucus and poses a thicket of legal and policy questions. Urgent issues that will need the new administration’s attention include RFS biofuel blending requirements for 2026 and beyond, whether to grant RFS compliance waivers to...