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Title: EPA grants 31 refinery waivers on ethanol, angering farmers
Post by: Elderberry on August 10, 2019, 01:30:20 pm

Houston Chronicle by  James Osborne Aug. 9, 2019

The Environmental Protection Agency is granting 31 refineries waivers from the federal mandate that they blend ethanol into the nation’s fuel supply, the agency said Friday,

An announcement on the waivers was expected months ago and comes as President Donald Trump remains under political pressure from Midwestern farmers, whose corn crops feed the nation’s growing ethanol demand.

“[Exemptions] provide a critical safety valve for the country’s most vulnerable refineries,” the Fueling American Jobs Coalition, which represents refineries, their workers, and gasoline stations, said in a statement Friday. “President Trump and his administration have devoted both time and effort to finding common-sense [ethanol] policy solutions that protect all stakeholders.”

More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/EPA-grants-31-refinery-waivers-on-ethanol-14294233.php (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/EPA-grants-31-refinery-waivers-on-ethanol-14294233.php)

Title: Re: EPA grants 31 refinery waivers on ethanol, angering farmers
Post by: IsailedawayfromFR on August 11, 2019, 01:58:09 am

Kill off the atrociously unconscionable mandates completely.

Then watch the price of fuel fall for everyone.