Trump directs Pruitt, Perdue to craft RFS reform plan

After a White House meeting, President Donald Trump is directing EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to craft a plan for administrative steps to reform the renewable fuel standard (RFS) including measures to allow year-round sales of 15-percent ethanol blends (E15). At a May 8 White House meeting, Trump ordered Pruitt and Perdue to take steps necessary to allow E15 sales in the summer, when the fuel is currently prohibited under federal fuels regulations, according to Sen...