WASHINGTON — As the severe effect of the worst drought in a half century becomes more clear, the governors of Maryland and Delaware have officially requested that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency take immediate action to save jobs, stave off rising food prices and limit the devastating economic consequences to the economy of the Delmarva region.
In a letter Aug. 9 to EPA, Governor Martin O'Malley (D-Md.) and Governor Jack Markell (D-Del.) petitioned Administrator Lisa Jackson to exercise her statutory authority to waive the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the next year. Doing so "would make more. . .
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