date:Jul 31, 2012
The group of 19 trade groups announced details of a petition delivered to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on behalf of the coalition, urging legislators to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which it claims serves to threaten supplies of corn crops, which are already being devastated by this summers historic drought.
The petition requests the EPA consider a whole or partial waiver of the required amount of renewable, corn-based fuel that would be mandated by the Renewable Fuels