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Oil and Corn Foes Unite to Battle Biden Policy Promoting EVs
- Oil and ethanol advocates fight EPA pollution curbs in court
- Rule encourages electric vehicles chipping into fuel demand
Traffic on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles, California.
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Advocates of rival petroleum- and plant-based fuels are joining forces to challenge new Biden administration pollution limits they say will unlawfully force automakers to sell electric cars while slashing demand for their own products.
Nearly three dozen companies and trade associations opened their legal fight against the vehicle standards Thursday, filing petitions with the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The challengers include such oil industry heavyweights as the American Petroleum Institute as well as the National Corn Growers Association, which backs ethanol, and a Valero Energy Corp. subsidiary that makes it.