Growth Energy is urging the EPA to use real-world data on ethanol’s air quality benefits under the Renewable Fuels Standard.

Chris Bliley, Growth Energy senior vice president, says they

support EPA’s conclusion that no further fuel regulation is necessary but take

fault with some of EPA’s findings, “The emissions benefits of ethanol and

biofuels are understated. So, we point that out in our analysis and things that

we think should be adjusted to better reflect the air quality benefits of

ethanol.”

Bliley tells Brownfield that Growth Energy was able to use

real fuel trend data from EPA itself to push back, “The EPA study showed that there

was an increase of 1.3% in particulate emissions where our analysis shows

actually a three-percent decrease.

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