What Others Are Saying

A diverse group of labor unions, business advocacy groups, and other community groups have endorsed legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Chris Coons (D-DE) and Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1), Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5), and Brendan Boyle (D-PA-2) that would stabilize the unpredictable and unsustainable price of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). This bill would protect tens of thousands of family-sustaining refinery jobs, lower costs for consumers, and support America's energy independence. Below is a list of supporters of the new legislation. Read more...

Earlier in 2023, a slate of union leaders, refinery workers, local elected officials, and small business owners from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lower its proposed renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for 2023, 2024, and 2025, under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Read more...

Elected officials, organized labor leaders, small businesses, and industry groups throughout Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are urging the Biden administration to fix the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Read more...

Over the past few years, countless elected officials, as well as organized labor and business leaders from across Ohio and Michigan have called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to lower its proposed biofuel blending levels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to support the region’s independent refineries and thousands of high quality refining jobs. Read more...

Over the course of the last several years, countless New Jersey elected officials, organized labor leaders, small businesses, and business advocacy groups have repeatedly urged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to fix the federal biofuel mandate – the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) – that continues to drive up gas prices and push the region’s independent refineries to the brink of closure. Read more...

Countless Pennsylvania elected officials, as well as organized labor and business leaders from across the Commonwealth, submitted public comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the agency’s recently proposed biofuel blending levels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Read more...

Delawareans have been calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to save hundreds of high-quality union jobs in the state by fixing the federal biofuel mandate: the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Unfortunately, the RFS is not operating as Congress intended—as a result, the broken RFS could put Delaware’s only refinery at risk. Read more...

Special Edition of “The Labor Show”

Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1) joined refining industry workers and other industry representatives for a conversation about America’s growing energy crisis. Read More...

"Our regional refineries are facing an existential threat caused by the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS); a well-intentioned federal program that is not operating as Congress intended."

"While many large, multi-national oil companies have the ability to blend renewables, many of the smaller, independent refining companies in our region like Monroe Energy and PBF Energy do not. As a result, we must purchase compliance credits in order to satisfy our RFS obligations." - Shannon Watkins, Vice President, Operations Leader, Monroe Energy

"The market prices for a biodiesel RIN or a corn ethanol RIN are surpassing all-time high levels."

"In May of 2020, the price of RINS was 36 cents, and in May 2021, it has now reached $1.86. I understand that this price volatility creates significant difficulties for independent merchant refineries to plan and comply with the RFS." - Senator Bob Casey

"Trading of these RINS is completely out of the picture of what we’re trying to do.”

“The idea of creating this commodity sounded good, looked good on paper, but the reality is it's making a few people very rich, and it is creating havoc for the rest of America.”

- Congressman Donald Norcross (D-1-NJ)

"That is a win for corn farmers across the Midwest, but at the same time is a win for blue-collar union members who work in refineries that are being bankrupted by a regulatory system that isn't working."

-Senator Ted Cruz