WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2012. The Environmental Protection Agency today withdrew a previous direct and final rule to amend the Renewable Fuel Standard after environmental groups, including Friends of the Earth, submitted comments about the agency’s failure to address land use change and greenhouse gas and invasive species impacts in its analysis of four new biofuel feedstocks.
The original ruling allowed four biofuel feedstocks — camelina oil, energy cane, giant reed and napiergrass — to qualify…
