State Soybean Associations of the States of Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, and South Dakota v. EPA

Trade associations for soybean farmers, their supporters, and members of soybean industries, along with Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, filed a petition for review challenging EPA’s December 2021 promulgation of “Revised 2023 and Later Model Year Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards.” These petitioners contended that “the final rule exceeds EPA’s authority by favoring one technology, electric vehicles, over others, including the comparably-clean renewable fuels produced by Petitioners. Through the final rule, EPA seeks to unilaterally alter the transportation mix in the United States, without Congressional authorization and without adequately considering the vast greenhouse gas reduction benefits provided by renewable fuels.”