EPA allowing summer sales of higher ethanol gasoline blend, citing global conflicts 

AN E15 NOZZLE is displayed on a pum at service station in Minneapolis. The Environmental Protection Agency cleared the way Friday for E15, a higher blend of ethanol, to be sold nationwide for the third summer in a row. Gasoline with 10% ethanol is already sold nationwide, but the higher blend has been prohibited in the summer because of concerns it could worsen smog during warm weather. /STAR TRIBUNE VIA THE ASSOCIATED PRESS / JEFF WHEELER

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency cleared the way Friday for a higher blend of ethanol to be sold nationwide for the third summer in a row, citing global conflicts that it says are putting pressure on the world’s fuel supply.  The agency announced an emergency waiver that will exempt gasoline blended with

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