Clean Fuels’ letter to President Trump highlights economic benefits of RFS rule for farmers, rural communities
- Clean Fuels Alliance Foundation
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On the established effective date of June 15 for the 2026-2027 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes set by U.S. EPA, Clean Fuels Alliance America delivered a letter to President Donald Trump once again thanking the administration and EPA for the historic volumes.
The letter documents growing evidence that U.S. biodiesel and renewable diesel producers are increasing production and generating huge economic benefits for America’s rural communities and farmers in response to the rule.
“Farmers and biomass-based diesel producers are essential to U.S. energy and national security, and they are putting major investments behind it,” Clean Fuels writes in the letter. “EPA’s rule fully accounts for the investments our industry made over the last several years to increase U.S. biomass-based diesel capacity and oilseed processing. The rule is encouraging additional investments in rural economies, such as grain handling, fuel-distribution infrastructure and new markets for the fuel. Most importantly, EPA acknowledged that American companies will make additional investments only if the policy direction remains certain.”
The letter documents increases in domestic soy and canola processing and record use of soy oil and distillers corn oil for biodiesel and renewable diesel production during the first months of 2026.
Additionally, by April, biodiesel and renewable diesel producers returned to capacity utilization rates comparable to highs in 2024.
“EPA’s historic RFS volumes for 2026 and 2027 are delivering on the Trump administration’s goals—farm security, rural economic growth and domestic energy dominance,” said Kurt Kovarik, Clean Fuels’ vice president of federal affairs. “The policy certainty supports the significant investments that our industry made to grow domestic markets for American farmers, increase domestic fuel production and meet American consumers’ demand for affordable, secure energy. Better still, it is encouraging new investments and job creation to continue growth of biodiesel, renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the future.”
A copy of the letter is available here.
