Senate environment leaders lukewarm on bill to allow higher ethanol blends

By John Siciliano

Published June 14, 2017 4:29pm ET

Senate environment leaders lukewarm on bill to allow higher ethanol blends — Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, said Wednesday that his state does not support the higher E15 blends, but is willing to listen to the bill's supporters. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) | Charlie Neibergall

Republican and Democratic leaders on the Senate environment committee said they are on the fence about a bill to allow year-round blending of 15-percent ethanol fuels.

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, said Wednesday that his state does not support the higher E15 blends, but is willing to listen to the bill’s supporters.