Oil and gas lobby sues EPA over biofuel mandate

Nearly two weeks after the Environmental Protection Agency rejected waivers for state governors seeking relief from the agency’s biofuel-blending mandates, the oil and gas industry’s main lobbying group has sued the agency over its “unworkable” and “overzealous” biodiesel mandate.

“EPA’s overzealous 2013 biodiesel mandate is unworkable, could raise the costs of making diesel fuel, and should be reduced,” Bob Greco, downstream director at the American Petroleum Institute, told reporters.