COALITION SEEKS STRONGER EPA MOBILE SOURCE RULE TO BOOST ETHANOL

A broad-based coalition of alternative energy advocates is urging EPA to significantly tighten standards in its proposed mobile source air toxics (MSAT) rule as a way to encourage greater use of biofuels such as ethanol. The extensive recommendations from the Energy Future Coalition -- a broad bipartisan group -- go further than many states and environmental groups in asking EPA to strengthen the proposed rule's emissions standards. And they even suggest that EPA's proposal may not be lawful, arguing that...