E15 Waiver Prompts Broader Debate Over Fate Of RFS In Congress, Courts

President Donald Trump's order for EPA to issue a waiver allowing year-round sales of 15 percent ethanol fuel (E15) is prompting broader debate over the fate of the renewable fuel standard (RFS), including the waiver's impact on efforts in Congress to reform the RFS and whether the decision can withstand an expected oil sector legal challenge. Refining industry and environmentalist sources tell Inside EPA that the biofuels industry's apparent victory in securing the waiver -- which EPA plans to finalize...