EPA Rejects Industry Bid To Expand RFS Corn Ethanol Climate Exemption

EPA has rejected an industry request to expand the amount of corn ethanol that is exempted from greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction requirements under its renewable fuel standard (RFS), but the agency is addressing some industry concerns by clarifying that some fuel facility expansions will not trigger pollution control requirements. Meanwhile, EPA faces a Jan. 11 deadline to file a motion in consolidated lawsuits over the RFS -- including environmentalist challenges to the GHG mandate exemption. But EPA recently won a...