Senators call for E15 emergency waiver

Senators of both parties from biofuel-producing states are pressing the Biden administration to quickly issue an emergency waiver authorizing summertime sales of 15 percent ethanol fuel (E15), citing geopolitical turmoil that they say threatens energy supplies, after EPA delayed its authorization of year-round E15 in Midwestern states until 2025. In their April 11 letter to President Joe Biden, 20 senators led by Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL), Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD), and longtime ethanol advocate Charles Grassley (R-IA) ask...