Climate Politics
EPA Probes Biodiesel Supply Chains as Fraud Concerns Mount
- Audits seek to track source of used cooking oil in biodiesel
- Some fear used oil flooding US contains illegal ingredients
Biodiesel production equipment at a soybean processing facility in Greenwood, Mississippi.
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The Biden administration is following the paper trails of some biodiesel producers amid heightened concern the fuels are at times being made with deceptive ingredients that violate federal law.
The action by the Environmental Protection Agency comes as farm groups and a growing number of lawmakers press the government to address worries that used cooking oil, or UCO — a valuable ingredient for making renewable fuels - could be be fraudulent.