Feb 04 2010
EPA Announces Changes in Earlier RFS Rules
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will no longer consider corn-based ethanol as damaging to the atmosphere as gasoline in their revised Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rules. EPA said new data showed that, even after taking into account increased fertilizer and land use, corn-based ethanol can yield significant climate benefits by displacing conventional gasoline or diesel fuel. –mj: While I am not directly part of the corn ethanol industry, EPAs earlier position on ethanol made no sense.
