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Texans See Red Over EPA Biofuel Targets
US - The US Environmental Protection Agency's rejection of a formal request for a scaling back of national renewable fuel standards has bought mixed reactions from politicians and environmentalists.Last week, the EPA finally rejected a request from the state of Texas, made in April, for a 50 per cent waiver of the renewable fuel standard (RFS), citing concerns over the impact of the targets on food prices, reports Business Green.
The news agency says that the RFS mandates that an increasing amount of fuel be ethanol-based in the coming years. It had required 5.14bn barrels of ethanol to be produced in 2008, but the Energy Independence and Security Act passed in December raised it to 9bn.
Texas had claimed that the knock on impact of the target on corn prices was harming its economy, which relies heavily on livestock using corn for feed. However, the EPA ruled that the economic harm was not sufficient to grant a waiver.
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