Quick poll: Of the following, which is the scariest?

a) Ghosts
b) Goblins
c) People who give out those pencils with pumpkin-shaped erasers on Halloween.
d) EPA’s 2026-2027 Renewable Fuel Standard proposal, which would add billions more to RFS regulatory costs over the next two years.

Obviously the answer is C, followed closely by D.

And though we may never understand or change the tortured minds of the Halloween pencil passer-outers, we do have a real opportunity to change EPA’s course on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Some refineries spend more on RFS regulatory credits than they do on company payroll and utilities.

We’ve set up a page to help you submit a comment to the EPA, encouraging them to prioritize American refineries and change this frightening regulation.

Visit our page to send a comment to EPA here.

Happy Monday and happy Halloween!

-Charlie and the AFPM EMPOWER team

As always — if you have ideas for EMPOWER content, respond to this email or reach me directly at charlie@afpm.org.

What we’re reading this week

N.J. climate legislation targeting fossil fuel companies will cost you - NJ.com
The so-called Climate Superfund Act, which should probably be better known as the Climate Money Grab Act, seeks to retroactively penalize fossil fuel companies in New Jersey tens of billions of dollars for their relatively minimal role in global carbon emissions.

Oil Glut Enabled Tougher Sanctions, JPM Says - OilPrice.com
“WTI [West Texas Intermediate] prices falling into the $50s created an opportunity for the Trump administration to step up economic measures against Russia and pursue a more assertive approach to sanctions,” the J.P. Morgan analysts said in the report.

What's the significance of US sanctions on Russian oil? - BBC
They represent the first direct interventions the Trump administration has imposed on Russia over its invasion, and have therefore been viewed as a geopolitically significant moment.

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