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ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA
* DC - Court tosses E15 challenge - Judges: Parties had no standing in fight over ethanol mix
Washington,DC,USA -The Detroit News, by David Shepardson -August 18, 2012: -- A federal appeals court Friday threw out a challenge by automakers and other groups to a new fuel with a higher blend of ethanol that could damage engines... The U.S. Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision rejected a suit brought by Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, Global Automakers, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the oil industry and other groups that sought to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of E15 — a fuel that includes 15 percent ethanol... E10 is used at most pumps today, which is 10 percent ethanol... The case was thrown out on a technical reason: The court found that the groups didn't have legal standing to challenge the decision... In March 2009, an ethanol advocacy group petitioned EPA for approval of the fuel, saying that without it, the U.S. could not meet the requirements for higher ethanol use set by Congress in a 2007 energy law... EPA granted a partial waiver under the Clean Air Act to approve the fuel for use in vehicles from 2001 on — saying the fuel could damage engines of older vehicles... But automakers say more research is needed and say the fuel could corrode engines in newer vehicles...Labels: alternative fuels
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