"The move could ease skyrocketing gas prices, but it’s not the permanent relief the ethanol industry was aiming for."

"The Trump administration’s decision to lift restrictions on the sale of higher-ethanol fuel again this summer could help soften the blow of higher gas prices — but it’s not the big win the biofuels industry has been seeking.

Every year since 2022, EPA has used an emergency waiver through the Clean Air Act to allow gas stations to sell E15 fuel in summer. But allowing those sales permanently is up to Congress, where a deal appears close yet still elusive.

“Consumers, fuel producers, and farmers alike desperately need Congress to pass legislation that would deliver permanent year-round access for E15 and finally break the cycle of ad hoc, stop-gap emergency waivers,” said Geoff Cooper, CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, a biofuels trade group, in a statement Wednesday."

Marc Heller reports for E&E News March 25, 2026. [2]

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"E.P.A. Waives Smog Rules on Summer Gasoline in Bid to Ease Prices" (New York  Times) [3]