WASHINGTON, DC – Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor issued the following statement in response to Rep. Abby Finkenauer’s call for a Government Accountability Office review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) granting of small refinery waivers:
“We applaud Congresswoman Finkenauer and other biofuel champions for standing up against the EPA’s abuse of the exemption process to enrich well-connected refiners at the expense of farm communities and rural workers. Already, dozens of biofuel plants have closed or cut production, and hundreds of millions of bushels of grain are falling in value, just as farmers face the worst economic conditions in a generation. The EPA needs to account for these lost gallons immediately and start repairing the damage before more rural communities lose hope for a comeback.”
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