Ed Whitfield: “In July, the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Michigan Case that the EPA had acted unreasonably and beyond its…”

The third goal of the RFS is to boost rural economies, and here we can say that the program has delivered on its promise.

EPA has created a de facto fuel and renewable energy standard for America.

The RFS was also supposed to provide a means for significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but a growing number of scientists and environmental advocates are saying otherwise.

As I see it, the RFS was enacted largely for three reasons--to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, to lower greenhouse gas emissions, and to strengthen rural economies.