Midwestern Officials Threaten To Sue EPA Over Delayed Start For E15 Sales

Midwestern attorneys general (AGs) are threatening to sue EPA over its proposed decision to delay the start date for summer sales of 15 percent ethanol fuel (E15) in their states until 2024, as pressure mounts on the agency to drop its oil industry-backed position that earlier sales risk insufficient fuel supply, and to instead allow summer sales this year. In a March 6 letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, the AGs of Iowa and Nebraska protest the agency’s proposal to...