Fact Check: RFA Ad Misleads on Renewable Fuel Standard and Small Refinery Exemptions

The Renewable Fuels Association has issued a carefully worded advertisement, omitting or mischaracterizing critical details about the fuel market and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), as well as about the Small Refinery Exemptions (SRE) designed by Congress as a required component of the RFS. AFPM’s fact check sheds light on several key details the RFA ad got wrong:

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