Biofuels Industry Demands Clarity on Future Regulations

Regulatory chaos is upending the biofuels industry. Pending changes and high levels of uncertainty at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could have huge impacts on the sector, and in particular on bio-diesel. In the previous Trump administration, extensive waivers were issued to small refineries, allowing them to bypass well-established biofuels quotas, taking a huge bite out of the sector. Already, the volume of petitions for exemptions from the federal-level Renewable Fuel Standard “has risen dramatically in recent months”…