WASHINGTON, June 21, 2023 — The American Petroleum Institute (API) issued the following statement from Vice President of Downstream Policy Will Hupman in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release of the final 2023 – 2025 biofuel blending obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS):
“We share EPA’s goal of reducing emissions in the transportation sector and are supportive of efforts to improve the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program to advance a lower carbon future. While we welcome EPA’s decision to omit the complex regulatory changes from eRINs, we are disappointed the agency did not do more to seize the opportunity to refocus the RFS to further incentivize lower carbon fuels. We look forward to continuing to work with EPA to build on this policy and ensure American consumers have access to the affordable and reliable fuels that they depend on every day while continuing to reduce emissions from transportation.”
API represents all segments of America’s natural gas and oil industry, which supports nearly 11 million U.S. jobs and is backed by a growing grassroots movement of millions of Americans. Our approximately 600 members produce, process and distribute the majority of the nation’s energy, and participate in API Energy Excellence®, which is accelerating environmental and safety progress by fostering new technologies and transparent reporting. API was formed in 1919 as a standards-setting organization and has developed more than 800 standards to enhance operational and environmental safety, efficiency and sustainability.
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