Seven governors are asking the US Environmental Protection Agency to provide a nationwide emergency waiver for higher-ethanol gasoline during the next few months due to “ongoing fuel supply shortages.”
- The governors are asking that EPA issues waivers for E15, and that those waivers also allow E10 to exceed the applicable Reid Vapor Pressure standard, according to a letter seen by Bloomberg dated March 6
- “The extreme and unusual fuel supply circumstances caused by the ongoing war in Ukraine, Iran, and other geopolitical tensions will create volatility and unpredictability for US and global stocks of crude oil and petroleum products,” the ...