US Spending Plan Includes Pathway for More Ethanol in Cars
- Proposal would make E15 available across the US year-round
- Funding bill must be passed this week or government shutters
An ethanol facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
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US ethanol producers are on the brink of getting the green light from Congress to sell higher blends of corn-based biofuel nationwide, a long-elusive goal the industry considers crucial to its future.
Language to make a higher-ethanol blend, known as E15, available across the US year-round is part of a proposed three-month stopgap spending bill, according to text of the measure released Tuesday. If the temporary funding legislation isn’t passed and signed into law by midnight on Friday, the government will shut down.