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Biden authorizes the emergency sale of ethanol-based E15 fuel this summer to combat soaring gas prices and help save 10 cents a gallon - despite smog and health concerns
- The Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency waiver on Friday
- Will allow for the sale of the higher-ethanol gasoline blend= through the summer
- White House press secretary Jen Psaki says it will save drivers 10 cents a gallon
- It also is an attempt to temper the pace of inflation which has surged to a 16-year high and bring down gas prices that average $4.159 a gallon nationwide
- Biden first unveiled the plans to expand E15 sales earlier this month during a trip to an Iowa ethanol plant
- Rising consumer prices are seen as a major vulnerability for President Joe Biden's Democratic party leading into the November mid-term elections
Posted by: Skidmark 2022-04-30 |
