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Monday, January 28, 2013
Judge rules EPA can’t mandate use of nonexistent biofuels
A federal court delivered a serious blow to the Environmental Protection Agency’s
renewable fuel agenda, ruling that the agency exceeded its authority by
mandating refiners use cellulosic biofuels, which isn’t commercially
available. The court sided with the country’s chief oil and gas lobby, the
American Petroleum Institute, in striking down the 2012 EPA mandate that
would have forced refineries to purchase
more than $8 million in credits for 8.65 million of gallons of the
cellulosic biofuel. However, none of the biofuel is commercially
available. “[W]e agree with API that EPA’s 2012 projection of cellulosic biofuel
production was in excess of the agency’s statutory authority,” reads
the court decision...more
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