EPA seeks to boost ethanol in fuel supply | TheHill:
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to increase the amount of ethanol and other biofuels in the nation’s fuel supply.
...That ended up angering both the ethanol industry, which wants more of its product to be mandated, and the oil industry, which wants the program rolled back.
The agency plans to mandate that 18.8 billion gallons of biofuels be blended into the country’s gasoline and diesel supply next year.
...“Consumers’ interest should come ahead of ethanol interests,” Frank Macchiarola, downstream group director for API, said in a statement.
“EPA is pushing consumers to use high ethanol blends they don’t want and that are not compatible with most cars on the road today.
The administration is potentially putting the safety of American consumers, their vehicles and our economy at risk...”
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