ethanol
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In the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency issued temporary waivers to allow the sale of E15, a gas blend that contains more ethanol and is cheaper than regular unleaded, to help ease rising fuel prices.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
Typically, sales of the gas are restricted during the summer due to the volatility of ethanol and its contribution to smog, but the Farm Bureau maintains that new studies show the blend is non-polluting.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
With governments scrambling to find alternative sources of fuel, Zimbabwe has said it will increase the amount of ethanol it uses in its petrol, from 5% to 20%.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
This will mark the fifth summer in a row the agency has used its emergency authority under the Clean Air Act to waive limits on the higher blend of ethanol.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
To the intense irritation of Cornwall’s broker, they wound up having to accept rail cars filled with ethanol in some stockyard in Chicago—to make a sum of money that struck the broker as absurdly small.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing ethanol
Elements of the Universe: Aether ("Sky")
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