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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has the authority to issue the waivers, on Friday denied exemption requests from 15 small refineries, a move welcomed by crop producers.
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A group of refiners plan to file a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration's rejection of waivers to exempt oil refiners from biofuel blending mandates which has left some on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars, Par Pacific told Reuters on Monday.
And Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a six-week abortion ban into law.
Biden is using the oil industry as his piñata, even as families continue to suffer under record inflation.
“This small, temporary storm impact on oil production provides no excuse — no excuse — for price increases at the pump,” Biden said.