Inter Press Service: New biofuel requirements proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are being met with concern by a spectrum of interest groups from environmentalists to the oil industry, with some warning that a gap between the proposal and existing law could force the government to draw on food-based alternative fuels.
The announcement, which opens a 45-day feedback period, sets standards under the country's landmark Renewable Fuel Standard programme. That 2007 legislation established long-term...