Let's see. Last week, Josef Hebert at the Associated Press reported
that a federal appeals court "overturned a federal regulation that
cleaner burning gasoline contain corn-based ethanol." Specifically, the
court ruled, in Hebert's words that "the Environmental Protection Agency
had 'the authority to set a standard' for cleaner gasoline under the
1990 Clean Air Act, (but that) it could not 'mandate the manner of
compliance or the precise formula' for the fuel."
Today, Matthew Daly at AP reported that the EPA in 2013 will "require production of 14 million gallons of so-called cellulosic biofuels made from grasses and woody material." In other words, EPA, in defiance of a federal court order will continue to mandate how these fuels will be produced. Daly, of course, didn't characterize what EPA did as direct defiance. Here are several paragraphs from Daly's whitewash:
Today, Matthew Daly at AP reported that the EPA in 2013 will "require production of 14 million gallons of so-called cellulosic biofuels made from grasses and woody material." In other words, EPA, in defiance of a federal court order will continue to mandate how these fuels will be produced. Daly, of course, didn't characterize what EPA did as direct defiance. Here are several paragraphs from Daly's whitewash:
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