Ethanol Mandate May Boost Fuel Prices for Summer
The U.S. ethanol mandate could force gasoline prices to rise this summer, two U.S. Republican senators warned yesterday in a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The ethanol mandate, incorporated under the Congressional Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), requires biofuels to be blended into the U.S. fuel supply each year through 2022. The mandate, administered…