The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and National Farmers Union (NFU) filed a lawsuit Monday in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recently finalized light- and medium-duty vehicle emissions standards. RFA and NFU filed the suit because EPA clearly lacked the authority to adopt the regulation, which essentially mandates the production of battery electric vehicles (EVs) while, at the same time, ignoring other technologies - like low-carbon ethanol and flex fuel vehicles - that reduce emissions from light- and medium-duty transportation. “EPA grossly exceeded its statutory authority by finalizing regulations that effectively mandate the...

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