Republican ethanol defenders praised President Trump for accepting Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt’s resignation on Thursday, expressing hope that EPA’s acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler will be better for the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Both Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa praised Pruitt’s resignation after weeks of calling him out for undermining the president’s promise to farmers by mismanaging the EPA’s ethanol program in favor of oil refiners.
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