EPA rejects 36 small-refiner exemptions from biofuel mandate

Facing a court-ordered deadline for action, the Environmental Protection Agency denied on Thursday 36 requests by small refiners for “hardship” exemptions from the U.S. ethanol mandate. Biofuel and farm groups lamented the decision “fails to remedy the economic harms” of reduced demand for corn ethanol. The EPA said none of the 36 petitions demonstrated a… » Read More

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