Corn ethanol producers fighting Philadelphia refinery owners over EPA mandate

In Washington, D.C., corn-based biofuel producers are fighting against a proposed ethanol mandate cut and a June deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make a final decision. The ethanol industry claims that the proposed cut was coordinated by “Big Oil”, but could instead be linked to Philadelphia-area refinery owners, The Carlyle Group and Delta Air Lines. Both have warned policy makers that the current ethanol mandate would mean the loss of thousands of jobs and a severely crippled area economy.