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Perry request for EPA waiver tied to donation
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jul 02, 2008 08:39pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Media | Newspaper - San Antonio Express-News |
| News Date | Wednesday, July 2, 2008 04:50:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Gov. Rick Perry's request for a waiver of federal corn-based ethanol production mandates was prompted by a March meeting he had with East Texas poultry producer Lonnie “Bo” Pilgrim, who six days later gave $100,000 to the Republican Governors Association chaired by Perry.
In the three weeks after that donation, Perry's staff began preparing to submit the renewable fuel standards waiver request to the federal Environmental Protection Agency, according to 596 pages of records obtained from the governor's office by the San Antonio Express-News under the Texas Public Information Act.
The donation, given March 31, also made it possible for Pilgrim to address nine Republican governors during a closed-door energy conference in Grapevine to explain his belief that ethanol production is driving up feed costs for poultry and livestock producers. |
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