U.S. Supreme Court leaves in place limits on higher-ethanol fuel blend

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Reuters By Stephanie Kelly 1/10/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away an industry group's bid to revive a decision made by the Environmental Protection Agency under former President Donald Trump to allow expanded sales of gasoline that has a higher ethanol blend, called E15.

The action by the justices dealt a blow to the ethanol industry, which wants to increase sales and access to E15. Growth Energy, a biofuels industry group that had filed a petition asking the justices to review a lower court's ruling vacating the Trump administration E15 policy, expressed disappointment in the Supreme Court's decision.

More: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/us-supreme-court-leaves-place-limits-higher-ethanol-fuel-blend-2022-01-10/

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Supreme Court rejects appeal to allow E-15 sales year round

Houston Chronicle by James Osborne 1/10/2022

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Supreme-Court-rejects-appeal-to-allow-E-15-sales-16763911.php

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from ethanol companies arguing for the reinstatement of a Trump-era policy allowing the year-round sales of E-15, a form of gasoline that contains a higher concentration of ethanol.

The decision leaves in place a ruling by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that the EPA under  former president Donald Trump had exceeded its authority in granting E-15 an exemption from pollution rules that limit the amount of ethanol in fuel during the summer, when warmer temperatures cause ozone levels to increase, resulting in a variety of respiratory ailments.

Federal law requiring the increasing blending of ethanol into the fuel supply has been a source of political tension ever since it was signed into law by former president George W. Bush in 2005.