A yearslong campaign for higher ethanol fuel is facing a now-or-never moment, the Senate’s leading advocate said Tuesday.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) gave that stark scenario for E15 — the gasoline blend that’s 15-percent corn-based ethanol — in a conference call with reporters as lawmakers search for a legislative path to lift summer restrictions on its sale.
“If we don’t get E15 this year, we’re never going to get it,” Grassley said on a weekly call with agriculture reporters.
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The opportunities are narrowing for Grassley and other E15 advocates who say they’re on the cusp of the long-sought goal, which could spur millions of acres of additional corn production by some estimates.
