Ethanol Group Claims EPA 'Collusion' With Oil Sector Over Fuel Air Study

摘要

Ethanol advocates are claiming that EPA emails released as a result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit show the agency's "collusion" with the oil sector in crafting a study that finds ethanol increases vehicle emissions, faulting both the study and a resulting air model that the advocates claim lead to inaccurate findings. The pro-ethanol Urban Air Initiative (UAI) is citing the emails in its call for EPA to revise the Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator (MOVES) computer model, used by the agency and state regulators to estimate air pollution from vehicles for regulatory purposes. They say they plan to petition EPA soon to change the model to remove the flawed conclusions on ethanol emissions, which the group fears could discourage use of ethanol fuel.