A bipartisan group of 60 members of Congress has signed letters to the White House urging the Obama Administration to follow through with the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to increase the biodiesel volume requirement under the Renewable Fuel Standard. At issue is an EPA proposal to increase the biodiesel volume requirement under the RFS to 1.28-billion gallons in 2013.

Anne Steckel, vice president of federal affairs at the National Biodiesel Board, says – the skyrocketing gas prices we’re seeing should remind us why Congress started the RFS in the first place, which was to diversify our energy supplies and limit our vulnerability to just these kinds of price spikes. Steckel adds – this is strong energy policy and we shouldn’t shy away from it now.

Steckel believes – this really should be an easy decision for the Obama Administration. We’re talking about modest growth for the only EPA-designated Advanced Biofuel that’s in commercial-scale production across the country. Steckel says – we hope the White House hears their message.

Courtesy: NAFB News