(Source: United States Senate) by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley As its market share dips, Big Oil is doubling down to swat down its perennial piñata. This time around, petroleum producers and food conglomerates are using environmental groups as political cover to gain traction on efforts to pull the plug on the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). Despite the ridiculously transparent and self-serving assault by these special interest groups, the relentless campaign to discredit ethanol undermines America's longstanding efforts to diversify its energy landscape, fuel the economy and strengthen national security. The predictable efforts to smear ethanol's reputation ignore the renewable fuel's...
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