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Jackson, Ryan[jackson.ryan@epa.gov] InsideEPA/climate Thur 8/31/2017 8:57:22 PM Today on Climate Beat
Today on Climate Beat..
August 31,2017
)... we looked at the options, reporting that former Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) is backing environmentalists' efforts to curb corn ethanol production, saying that aggressive Obama-era vehicle fuel efficiency rules that the Trump administration is threatening to weaken are a better mechanism for curbing greenhouse gases than EPA's renewable fuel standard.
In other biofuel news, EPA has expanded the scope of its emergency clean fuel waivers to address the impacts of Hurricane Harvey to several Southeastern and Mid Atlantic states, a move the renewable fuel sector says partially grants its request for a broader waiver that would allow for the sale of higher-volume ethanol blends.
And our daily news roundup looked at the link between climate change and hurricanes. EPA chief Scott Pruitt says such talk is "misplaced," but climate scientists disagree.
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