Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuels trade association, filed a motion to intervene in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) v. EPA et al. (Case No. 26-1132).
In a set of eight consolidated cases, CBD and several other organizations, including oil refiners and the Sierra Club, are challenging EPA’s most recent “Set 2” rule for the 2026-2027 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor issued the following statement:
“Each new RVO rule draws the same misguided set of challenges every year, and this year likely will not be any different. Let’s lay out the facts.
“Under the Set 2, the RFS continues to work as Congress intended. EPA has again finalized RVOs that advance important energy security, environmental, and economic development goals. EPA has also again finalized RVOs that pose no real threat to the continued operation of small refineries.
“Despite all this evidence, we have special interests aiming to undermine the record-setting 2026-2027 RVOs to the detriment of farmers, consumers, and the environment. However, we know we stand on firmly established legal, political, and scientific grounds—the RFS saves consumers money, helps farmers, and reduces emissions. The newest RVOs are the strongest ever, and we’re confident the court will not allow challenges to stand in the way of the benefits they can deliver to drivers, rural communities, and biofuel producers.”
Read the motion to intervene here.
