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EPA Defeats Challenge to Higher Ethanol Levels in Fuel
A challenge to an Environmental Protection Agency rule allowing higher concentrations of corn- based ethanol in gasoline was thrown out by a U.S. Appeals Court ruling that the groups pressing the case had no right to sue.
Grocery, auto and petroleum industry associations filed suit against the agency in November 2010, saying that rules allowing for increased used of corn-based ethanol in auto fuel would push up the price of food and gasoline and harm engines. The court today ruled the groups couldn’t show they had suffered specific harm as a result of the EPA’s decisions.
“Each industry group advances a theory of standing, but none is in fact adequate to meet the burden of establishing standing,” Circuit Judge David Sentelle wrote in the 17-page opinion filed in Washington.
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“Today’s court decision is a big loss for consumers, for safety and for our environment,” Bob Greco, a director of the American Petroleum Institute, which represents more than 500 oil and natural gas companies, said in an e-mailed statement. “EPA approved E15 before vehicle testing was complete, and we now know that the fuel may cause significant mechanical problems in millions of cars on the road today.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-17/epa-defeats-challenge-to-higher-ethanol-levels-in-fuel.html
Grocery, auto and petroleum industry associations filed suit against the agency in November 2010, saying that rules allowing for increased used of corn-based ethanol in auto fuel would push up the price of food and gasoline and harm engines. The court today ruled the groups couldn’t show they had suffered specific harm as a result of the EPA’s decisions.
“Each industry group advances a theory of standing, but none is in fact adequate to meet the burden of establishing standing,” Circuit Judge David Sentelle wrote in the 17-page opinion filed in Washington.
...
“Today’s court decision is a big loss for consumers, for safety and for our environment,” Bob Greco, a director of the American Petroleum Institute, which represents more than 500 oil and natural gas companies, said in an e-mailed statement. “EPA approved E15 before vehicle testing was complete, and we now know that the fuel may cause significant mechanical problems in millions of cars on the road today.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-17/epa-defeats-challenge-to-higher-ethanol-levels-in-fuel.html
