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Saturday, June 19, 2010
EPA delays decision on increasing ethanol in gas
The Environmental Protection Agency says it wait until September to decide whether more ethanol should be mixed with gasoline. That brought complaints from the ethanol industry. The South Dakota-based American Coalition for Ethanol suggested in a press release that the oil industry has unduly influenced the process, and the Renewable Fuels Association called the delay "a dereliction of duty." The American Petroleum Institute called it proper.
Labels:
agriculture,
biofuels,
ethanol,
farming,
renewable energy,
transportation
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