40 senators from states across the country are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to increase biodiesel volumes in the pending Renewable Fuels Standard proposal. The senators feel biodiesel and renewable diesel are leading the way in the renewable fuels industry and they want the EPA to do more to increase the product’s growth. The letter to the EPA states that biodiesel has met the EPA criteria for growth, exceeding goals that Congress set when the Renewable Fuels Standard was created in 2005. Biodiesel is the first EPA-designated biofuel to reach commercial-scale production around the nation and is currently the only one to reach that status. The industry also supports over 47,000 jobs. Organizing the letter was Republican Roy Blunt of Missouri, Democrat Patty Murray of Washington, Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa, and North Dakota Democrat Heidi Heitkamp. The letter was signed by a bipartisan group of Senators from California to Minnesota to Maine.