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Drumbeat: June 24, 2013

Supreme Court could consider suit to block sales of high-ethanol gas blend

The American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry’s chief lobbying group, has asked the Supreme Court to block sales of E15. The court could decide as soon as Monday whether to hear the ethanol case, which combines similar requests by groups representing refiners and car manufacturers.

Putting fuel with up to 15 percent ethanol into older cars and trucks “could leave millions of consumers with broken down cars and high repair bills,” said Bob Greco, a senior API official who has met with the White House on ethanol issues.

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