The Environmental Protection Agency will issue an emergency waiver to allow widespread sale of 15% ethanol blend that is usually prohibited between June 1 and Sept. 15 because of concerns that it adds to smog in high temperatures.
Senior Biden administration officials said the move will save drivers an average of 10 cents per gallon at 2,300 gas stations. Industry groups say most of those stations are in the Midwest and the South, including Texas.
Members of Congress from both parties, as well as industry groups, had urged Biden to grant the E15 waiver. After bouncing back to win the Democratic nomination, Biden returned for a rally at the Iowa state fairgrounds four days before Election Day 2020, only to see Donald Trump win the state by 8 percentage points.
"Part of it is showing up in communities of all sizes, regardless of the results of the last election," said Jesse Harris, who was a senior adviser to Biden's 2020 campaign in Iowa and directed get out the vote and early voting efforts for Barack Obama's presidential campaign in 2008. "The president is not making this trip through a political prism," White House press secretary Jen Psaki said."He's making this trip because Iowa is a rural state in the country that would benefit greatly from the president's policies."
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