Rocky Mountain News
May 6, 2008, Matthew Perrone

Senate Republicans have asked environmental regulators to use their power to halt the country's plans to expand ethanol production amid rising food prices. Twenty-four Republican senators, including presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, of Arizona, sent a letter Friday to the Environmental Protection Agency suggesting it waive or restructure rules that require a fivefold increase in ethanol production during the next 15 years. ...

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