Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is caught between Big Oil and Big Corn. That could affect his Senate confirmation hearing.
The fracas started in December 2018 when EPA staff suggested the agency reduce amounts of ethanol, typically produced by processing corn, that oil companies had to blend into fuel from the current 15 billion gallons to 14.3 billion, Bloomberg reported.
Wheeler reportedly said no because a new agency proposal could remove a ban on summer sales of E15 fuel, which is 85% gasoline and 15% ethanol.
