Despite some concerns about the petroleum backgrounds of some of President Donald Trump’s cabinet appointees, biofuel leaders and lawmakers predicted last week that the new administration will be friendly to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and to alternative fuels, in general.

"I am convinced that the RFS is in good hands with this administration," said Bob Dinneen, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, at the Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit in...