An Ethanol Sop to Farmers - The Wall Street Journal

An Ethanol Sop to Farmers  The Wall Street Journal

Americans will pay for President Trump’s tariffs in many ways, and on Friday we learned one more. The Environmental Protection Agency released a final rule allowing gasoline to be blended with up to 15% ethanol year-round. The result will be smoggier air and costlier road trips. The EPA has long restricted E15 sales in the summer. The concern is—or at least was—that the combination of sun, heat and the organic compounds released by ethanol blends would result in much more smog. The Clean Air Act allows the EPA to issue a waiver and allow sales of 10% ethanol blends between June 1 and Sept. ...