Thursday, April 26, 2012

Palm oil industry lobbies EPA to reverse palm oil biofuel findings

Mongabay: Wilmar International, the world's largest palm oil processor and trader, has hired a major lobbying firm to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's ruling that palm oil-based biodiesel will not meet greenhouse gas emissions standards under America's Renewable Fuels Standard, reports The Hill. Wilmar Oleo North America hired lobbying firm Van Ness Feldman to pressure the EPA on its finding that biofuels produced from palm oil do not offer substantial emissions savings relative to conventional...

URL: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0426-palm_oil_epa.html
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