POLITICO Energy

Biden’s ethanol Hail Mary

Episode Summary

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that he will be lifting the ban on summertime sales of gasoline that contain 15 percent ethanol. The move is part of the administration’s effort to tame high gas prices ahead of the midterm elections. POLITICO’s Kelsey Tamborrino explains the actual impact of this move at the pump and how greens and the ethanol industry are reacting.

Episode Notes

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that he will be lifting the ban on summertime sales of gasoline that contain 15 percent ethanol. The move is part of the administration’s effort to tame high gas prices ahead of the midterm elections. POLITICO’s Kelsey Tamborrino explains the actual impact of this move at the pump and how greens and the ethanol industry are reacting.

 

Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Kelsey Tamborrino is a reporter covering clean energy.

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.