07 Feb Renew Kansas Joins Letter, Encourages Kansas Delegation Support on Biofuels to EPA Administrator
Renew Kansas Biofuels Association encouraged its congressional delegation in the United States House of Representatives to join a bipartisan letter to newly-confirmed United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on the importance of fulfilling the Renewable Fuels Standard.
The letter, available to view via the link below, emphasized the important role the American biofuels industry plays in maximizing energy abundance and affordability.
“Steady growth in U.S. biofuel production means more American fuel in the marketplace and lower prices at the pump for hardworking families who have spent years suffering under high inflation. Homegrown fuels serve as a bulwark against price manipulation by foreign, state-owned oil exporters. They also promise to play a central role in fulfilling our vision for strengthening the farm economy, supporting domestic processing, and revitalizing rural communities. Ethanol contributed more than $54 billion to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023, accounting for 28 percent of U.S. farming GDP while sustaining over 394,000 jobs. Similarly, the U.S. biodiesel and renewable diesel industry, with plants and markets across the country, supports 75,200 U.S. jobs and pays $3.6 billion in annual wages. Bio-based diesel drives more than $23.2 billion in annual economic activity.”
INDUSTRY SUPPORTERS
Renewable Fuels Nebraska
Nebraska Corn Growers Association
Growth Energy
Renewable Fuels Association
Clean Fuels Alliance America
National Corn Growers Association
American Soybean Association
ADM
Bayer
Darling Ingredients
POET
Green Plains
Renew Kansas
Iowa Renewable Fuels
Iowa Corn Growers
CONGRESSIONAL CO-SIGNERS
Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE)
Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN)
Reps. Mark Alford (R-MO)
Don Bacon (R-NE)
James Baird (R-IN)
Mike Bost (R-IL)
Nikki Budzinski (D-IL)
Sharice Davids (D-KS)
Ron Estes (R-KS)
Randy Feenstra (R-IA)
Brad Finstad (R-MN)
Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)
Mike Flood (R-NE)
Sam Graves (R-MO)
Ashley Hinson (R-IA)
Dusty Johnson (R-SD)
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Robin Kelly (D-IL)
Darin LaHood (R-IL)
Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-IL)
Mark Messmer (R-IN)
Max Miller (R-OH)
Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
Zachary Nunn (R-IA)
Mark Pocan (D-WI)
Derek Schmidt (R-KS)
Eric Sorensen (D-IL)
Derrick Van Orden (R-WI)