E15 gasoline faces stronger headwinds as more states move to ban it

Big square baler harvesting wheat straw for production of cellulosic ethanolWhile political control in Washington has changed, the debate over a mandate to blend specific volumes of ethanol into the U.S. fuel supply has not. Since its passage in 2007 as part of the Energy Independence and Security Act, the ethanol-mandating Renewable Fuel Standard has attracted controversy. Its requirement of specific volumes of ethanol...