EPA allows summer sale of higher ethanol gasoline blend

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that due to global conflicts pressuring international fuel supplies, it will allow a higher blend of ethanol to be sold in the U.S. for the third consecutive summer.

The agency announced an emergency waiver that will exempt gasoline blended with 15 percent ethanol (E15) from an existing summer ban.

Gasoline with 10 percent ethano