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Related: About this forumRepublican Iowa senator says Trump EPA 'screwed us' with biofuel waivers
Source: Reuters
POLITICS AUGUST 16, 2019 / 3:11 PM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Republican Iowa senator says Trump EPA 'screwed us' with biofuel waivers
Humeyra Pamuk
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iowas Republican Senator Chuck Grassley said the Trump administrations Environmental Protection Agency has screwed the U.S. ethanol industry and farmers by granting waivers to 31 small petroleum refineries, effectively exempting them from an obligation to use more ethanol in their products.
The powerful senator, who represents the largest ethanol-producing state in the country, told Iowa Public Television that low biofuel credit prices negated refiners complaints that they are suffering financial hardship and deserve waivers from complying with laws to encourage more biofuel use.
They screwed us...when they issued 31 waivers, Grassley told the broadcaster. Compared to less than 10 waivers during all the Obama years...Whats really bad isnt a waiver, its that its been granted to people who arent in hardship, he said.
He added that he would take up the issue with President Donald Trump. Reuters earlier reported that it was Trump who gave the green light to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to go ahead with the waiver decisions, a move that infuriated corn growers while pleasing the refining industry.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-ethanol-grassley/republican-iowa-senator-says-trump-epa-screwed-us-with-biofuel-waivers-idUSKCN1V61TW
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(25,471 posts)Reap what you sow and all that.
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(152 posts)So where is Joni in this discussion.... I know, she is waiting for talking points from the Kansas Koch Bros...
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(59,584 posts)Fuck off, Assley.