Ethanol lobby pushes for E15

The Detroit News
Last Updated: February 24. 2011 1:00AM
David Shepardson / The Detroit News

It wants senators to allow higher blend in gasoline, citing prices

Washington — Ethanol advocates are bolstering their lobbying efforts in the wake of higher oil prices and a defeat in Congress.

Growth Energy, a major ethanol trade association, is sending letters this week to all 100 U.S. senators urging them to reject a House vote that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from allowing a higher blend of ethanol in the nation's gas tanks.

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