The Trump The administration is taking action to boost U.S. demand for corn-based ethanol and soybean-based biodiesel as the president tries to ease criticism from Midwest farmers and politicians ahead of next year's election.
The US Environmental Protection Agency and Agriculture Department on Friday he outlined several steps to boost those renewable fuels, pledging to boost annual biofuel blending quotas to offset exemptions that exempt some small refiners from the mandates. The shift, which was outlined by the agencies on Friday but has yet to be formally proposed and codified, would effectively force larger, non-exempt refiners to pick up the slack.
