Bitter Biofuels Spat Has Industry Fuming Over Stalled Policy (1)

Feb. 27, 2026, 12:54 AM UTC

A group of US lawmakers has struggled to make significant progress in efforts to expand sales of higher ethanol gasoline, as discord grows between large and small refiners.

The congressional council created in January to find a compromise hasn’t been able to get past arguments within the refining industry on how exemptions for using costly biofuels should work. Their goal was to reach a consensus on legislation by Wednesday, but the deadline passed without a deal.

The agriculture industry has been working for more than a decade to get legislation passed that would allow them to sell so-called E15 gasoline ...

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