Ethanol

GABE NELSON

Why automakers took up ethanol with the Supreme Court

2:07 pm U.S. ET | March 26, 2013
In a slow trickle over the past year, the first gas stations have started carrying E15, a blend of gasoline that includes up to 15 percent ethanol. Automakers say the fuel could harm older engines, which were not built to handle so much ethanol. But they have had no luck convincing the EPA, which has approved the fuel for use in cars and trucks built after the 2001 model year.... Read More »

 

AAA calls for suspension of E15 gasoline sales

6:16 am U.S. ET | Nov. 30, 2012
Leading road travel group AAA on Friday called on the U.S. government to suspend the sale of gasoline with a higher blend of ethanol fuel, the latest opposition against increasing the use of biofuels in transport.... Read More »

 

EPA defeats court challenge to higher ethanol levels in fuel

11:49 am U.S. ET | Aug. 17, 2012
A challenge to an Environmental Protection Agency regulation allowing higher concentrations of corn-based ethanol in gasoline was thrown out by the federal Appeals Court in Washington on grounds that the groups pressing the case had no right to sue.... Read More »

 

Higher ethanol concentrations could hurt vehicles, study says

2:52 pm U.S. ET | May 23, 2012
A new study suggests that ethanol-blended fuel could take a toll on vehicles when used in higher concentrations. Renewable-fuels trade groups blasted the results, but auto industry groups warned of the dangers of rushing new fuel blends into the marketplace.... Read More »