Palm oil industry adds lobbying muscle in EPA climate battle

The Hill: The palm oil industry has hired law and lobbying giant Holland & Knight to help battle the Environmental Protection Agency's preliminary finding that palm-based biofuels don't meet the greenhouse gas standards of the federal renewable auto fuels mandate. The action by Indonesian and Malaysian trade groups -- and a major biofuel refining company -- underscores the financial stakes of the wonky, behind-the-scenes scuffle over how to scientifically gauge the carbon footprint of the fuels. Lobbying...

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