SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Farmers across Illinois are preparing for next planting season, and lawmakers are trying to expand a relatively new way for them to sell some of their crops.
Biofuels are seen as a nice little transition option by many while the country tries to decarbonize vehicles. It still uses some of the normal fuel put in cars all the time, but it mixes in ethanol to make it more environmental friendly.
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These options already exist at some pumps. It’s called E-15, because it’s 15 percent ethanol.
But E-15 is only available for a small chunk of the year.
Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) is picking up the yearlong effort to try and make it available year round. She is working on the bill with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Congressman Adrian Smith (NE-03), Congresswoman Angie Craig (MN-02), Congressman Dusty Johnson (SD-AL), Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) and Congresswoman Sharice Davids (KS-03).