Corn growers and biofuel industry lobbies lashed out Thursday at lawmakers’ plans to establish an E15 council, with some groups saying it will put American farmers at a disadvantage.
Those comments came after House lawmakers said they would remove legislation for year-round E15 sales from a funding measure and would instead establish an E-15 Rural Domestic Energy Council to submit legislative proposals to Congress no later than Feb. 15, with the goal of considering legislation no later than Feb. 25.
It was a compromise after Midwestern lawmakers demanded the latest government funding package include the E15 provision.
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