"Ethanol Industry Lobbies Up"

"Pro-ethanol group Fuels America has signed with a pair of high-profile lobbyists from both parties as part of its effort to defend the federal ethanol blending mandate.

Documents filed with Congress in late February say that prolific Democratic fundraiser Heather Podesta of Heather Podesta + Partners and former Republican Speaker Denny Hastert of Dickstein Shapiro started representing the ethanol coalition’s interests on Capitol Hill in mid-January.

'Our strong, bipartisan advocacy team will help us continue to make the case that the renewable fuel standard is helping lower gasoline prices, protect the environment, and create jobs here at home with American-made renewable fuel,' Fuels America spokesman Aaron Wells said of the new contracts."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill March 3, 2015.

SEE ALSO:

"Bipartisan Senate Duo Pushes for Repeal of Ethanol Mandate" (The Hill)

"Cruz Won't Bend On RFS Opposition" (Des Moines Register)

"Biofuels and Ag Groups Protest Anti-RFS Bill" (Domestic Fuel)

"Beleaguered EPA Vows To Get RFS 'Back on Track' " (Greenwire)

"US EPA Pleads for Some RFS Understanding" (Platts)