Midwest governors voice support for RFS

Brownfield Network
Friday, June 6, 2008, 4:09 PM
by Bob Meyer

The Midwest Governors Association has sent a letter to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson voicing their support for the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). The governors say the letter is in response to the Texas request to grant a waiver for RFS.

The letter cited the many benefits of ethanol and took issue with charges the renewable fuel is responsible for high food costs. They state the high price of food is due to a number of factors including high fuel and transportation prices concluding, “Granting any waiver to the RFS will not reduce current food commodity prices.”

The letter goes on to point out that RFS will also help move the ethanol industry to the use of cellulosic materials as a feedstock.The Midwest Governors Association is made up of governors from South Dakota, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana Wisconsin, Nebraska, North Dakota, Minnesota, Kansas and Ohio.

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