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Attacks on RFS intensify
Dec 11, 2017, 17:43 PM
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Oil interests are intensifying efforts to force changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
Bob Dinneen, CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, says the hold on Bill Northey’s USDA nomination that resulted in a recent meeting between President Trump and Texas Senator Ted Cruz probably won’t amount to much.
“People talk a lot about (the need) to negotiate or compromise something. Well, negotiations and the compromise occurred in 2007 when the RFS was passed.”
He tells Brownfield it appears the President wants Cruz and other oil state lawmakers to address concerns with Midwestern senators like Chuck Grassley and Deb Fischer, both long-time supporters of renewable fuels.
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