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Limiting Small Refiner Protections From the RFS Puts U.S. Refining Capacity at Risk

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was created 20 years ago at a time of “peak oil” hysteria. President George Bush feared declining U.S. oil production and dependence on foreign oil....

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