Oil industry foes are preparing to go to court to fight an Environmental Protection Agency regulation allowing year-round sales of higher-ethanol E15 gasoline nationwide. The agency’s final rule, set to be released Friday, offers ethanol producers the promise of greater market access and demand — but the coming legal battle will be the true test of that potential. “This action by EPA makes no sense and is contrary to the law, congressional intent and decades of agency precedence,” said Frank Macchiarola, a group director at the American Petroleum Institute. “We will challenge it vigorously.” EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is slated to sign the final rule on Thursday, according to people briefed on the matter who asked not to be named ahead of the announcement. That […]