Trump's pick for top environmental post changes views on biofuels after pressure from Republicans

President Trump’s nominee for the top White House environmental post changed her tune on the Renewable Fuel Standard at her confirmation hearing Wednesday morning.

Kathleen Hartnett White, Trump’s pick to lead the Council on Environmental Quality, told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that she supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard, which requires increasing amounts of ethanol and other biofuels be blended into the nation’s fuel supply. She once wanted to repeal the regulation, referring to it as “counterproductive and ethically dubious.”