Reuters UK: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed new clean fuel rules to comply with a 2005 energy law. Specifically, EPA proposes 3.71 percent of all U.S. gasoline sold next year be a "renewable fuel." Currently the standard is 2.78 percent of all gasoline sales.
EPA projected that the pending rules would mean that the nation's petroleum consumption would drop by 3.9 billion gallons per year, with 14 million tons in greenhouse gas emissions reduced annually.
Both the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association and the Clean Air Watch were quoted as objecting to the new rule.
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