EPA's Renewable Fuel Proposal Panned By Oil, Biofuels Industries Before Hearing

摘要

Petroleum refiners, biofuel producers and environmental advocates expressed disappointment with the Environmental Protection Agency's latest renewable fuel standard proposal in advance of a public hearing on the rule. Opponents of the proposal pressed the opportunities to reform or entirely repeal the renewable fuel standard before a Senate subcommittee grills a senior EPA official about its management of the program, while farmers and renewable fuel producers stressed the opportu- nity an upcoming public hearing will provide to pressure the agency to strengthen its proposal. "EPA has become timid in the face of an unrelenting campaign by Big Oil," Bob Dinneen, president and chief executive officer of the Renewable Fuels Association, told reporters June 17.