Published: Monday, April 26, 2021
Biofuel tanks in Iowa. Photo credit: National Renewable Energy Lab/Flickr
Biofuel tanks in Iowa. National Renewable Energy Lab/Flickr
A divisive battle over who must comply with renewable fuels requirements reaches the nation's highest bench tomorrow.
During remote oral arguments, the Supreme Court will weigh three petroleum refineries' pleas for relief from biofuel blending requirements that they say are too financially onerous to their businesses.
The fact that the Supreme Court, which only hears a tiny fraction of cases that come its way, even agreed to consider the case has come as a surprise even to the petroleum industry and to legal scholars.