Midwestern States Press Officials To Quickly Approve Pending E15 Petitions

January 31, 2023
A bipartisan group of seven attorneys general from Midwestern states is pressing EPA and the White House to quickly approve petitions from states that would allow summertime sales of 15 percent ethanol fuel (E15), a move that would please biofuels groups but frustrate refiners, who warn that it would fragment the fuels market, raising prices. In a Jan. 27 letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan, and White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Shalanda Young, the AGs of...


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