Growth Energy has filed a motion to intervene in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a legal challenge to the agency’s 2026-2027 Renewable Fuel Standard renewable volume obligations.
The motion was filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA et al. (Case No. 26-1132). The case is one of eight consolidated challenges to EPA’s most recent Set 2 rule establishing renewable volume obligations, or RVOs, for 2026 and 2027 under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
The lawsuits were brought by the Center for Biological Diversity and several other organizations, including oil refiners and the Sierra Club, which are challenging EPA’s latest renewable fuel blending requirements.
Growth Energy, the nation’s largest biofuels trade association, said the Set 2 rule continues to fulfill the goals Congress established for the Renewable Fuel Standard. The organization contends the finalized RVO levels support energy security, environmental objectives and economic development while not posing a significant risk to the operation of small refineries.
The group also argued that challenges to the rule threaten what it described as record-setting renewable fuel volume requirements for 2026 and 2027. Growth Energy maintains that the Renewable Fuel Standard provides economic benefits to farmers and biofuel producers, lowers fuel costs for consumers and contributes to emissions reductions.
The intervention filing positions Growth Energy to participate directly in the court proceedings as the challenges to EPA’s latest Renewable Fuel Standard requirements move forward. The outcome of the case could affect implementation of the 2026 and 2027 renewable fuel blending targets that are central to U.S. biofuels policy and demand for renewable fuel production.
Source: Growth Energy, "Growth Energy Intervenes in Latest Challenges to RVOs"