New England ditches biodiesel mandate
BOSTON — The state of Massachusetts has suspended a planned biodiesel mandate that would have required a minimum 2 percent biodiesel content in fuel.
The Clean Energy Biofuels Act, scheduled to take effect last week, will now be a voluntary program.
The mandate was scrapped because officials felt it would place "unreasonable" costs on consumers and small businesses.
The rule would have required a B2 mandate starting this year, rising to 5 percent by 2013.
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