"E.P.A. Proposes Changes to Fuel Standards"

"The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday released a much-delayed proposal for the amount of biofuel that must be blended into conventional vehicle fuel, seeking to reduce the levels now specified but still require modest increases over the next few years.

The proposal, which would become final by the end of November, would set levels for last year at what producers actually made but increase the total volume of renewable fuel required by 1.5 billion gallons, roughly 9 percent, by the end of 2016.

That would bring the volume to 17.4 billion gallons, which falls short of the 22.25-billion-gallon mandate set by Congress for that year, which has been criticized as unrealistic."

Diane Cardwell reports for the New York Times May 29, 2015.

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"EPA Proposes a Biofuels Compromise — And Makes Nobody Happy" (Washington Post)