Gov. Terry Branstad and his top aides sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today supporting a renewable fuel standard that would help Iowa’s ethanol and biodiesel industries. “We share the concerns of many Iowans and citizens throughout the Midwest that the EPA’s current proposal will undermine our shared goal of a healthy economy in rural America and abandon the various public policy benefits that flow from the RFS,” Branstad wrote in a letter co-signed by his directors of economic development, transportation and natural resources. There’s still time to comment online.

Read our previous story on the issue on BusinessRecord.com.