STATES BLUNT CRITICISMS OF FUELS PROGRAMS IN UPCOMING EPA REPORT

State officials appear to have blunted criticisms in an upcoming EPA report that state fuels programs contribute to fuel shortages and high gasoline prices, according to draft versions of the document obtained by Inside EPA . The states' efforts appear likely to head off calls for changing clean fuel or state renewable fuels rules as a way to reduce gasoline costs, despite Bush administration urgings that the task force consider ways to cut the number of the fuels and legislative...