Lobbying Ramps Up Over State-Specific Waivers For Year-Round E15 Sales

Biofuels groups, refiners and others are ramping up their competing advocacy over EPA’s upcoming proposal that will likely authorize select Midwestern states to sell 15 percent ethanol (E15) fuel year-round, a move that biofuel producers have long sought, but which oil sector critics say would fragment the fuels market, causing economic losses. In a series of recent meetings with EPA and White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) officials, supporters of the state-by-state approach have presented data projecting that...