Iowa delegation touts biofuels to ease oil price hikes

Iowa’s congressional delegation is urging EPA to boost biofuels production as a means of offsetting soaring global oil prices driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Biden administration’s just-announced ban on imports of Russian energy. In a March 8 letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Joni Ernst (R-IA), joined by Reps Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Cindy Axne (D-IA), Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), promote increased biofuel production as a way to ease the...