Courts approve partial waiver for E15 ethanol fuel

In Washington, the courts approved a partial waiver for E15 ethanol fuel, adding an E15 option alongside E10 and higher blends and giving the consumer more choice at the pump. Currently, the E10 market has been saturated and so introducing higher blends increases market access for the evolving alternative fuels industry. Scott Faber, VP of the Environmental Working Group, criticized the ruling: “If gasoline was blended to include 15 percent ethanol during the current drought, two-thirds or more of the corn crop could be diverted from food and feed to U.S. fuel supplies,” Faber said. “That’s bad for American consumers, bad for most farmers, and bad for the environment.”

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