The renewable fuels industry is expressing frustration with action inside the Environmental Protection Agency on biodiesel. Monte Shaw, the executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, warns it could have a “ripple effect” on the federal ethanol mandate.
The E-P-A’s administrator released new reasons for rolling back the federally-mandated amount of biodiesel that must be produced in 2018.
Senator Chuck Grassley gave a speech on the Senate floor, blasting the E-P-A’s latest proposal on biodiesel. Grassley calls it a “bait and switch” maneuver on behalf of “Big Oil.” And Grassley says it’s time for Pruitt to “keep his word” and fulfill the promises he made when Trump nominated him to lead the E-P-A.
