Statement·other·said 2020-01-03
“A biodiesel plant in Crawfordsville, Iowa, closed, partly due to the trade war but mostly due to the waivers that Trump secretly gave to the oil companies.”
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Mixedby PolitiFact
2020-01-23Reasoning
W2 Fuel's Crawfordsville plant closed in September 2019; the company and Iowa's congressional delegation cited EPA small-refinery waivers as the primary cause. PolitiFact found "secretly" an embellishment — waivers go through an official process.
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