{"id":785799,"date":"2026-05-10T04:46:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/785799\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T04:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T04:46:15","slug":"gas-prices-remain-high-as-epa-relaxes-rules-to-lower-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/785799\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices remain high as EPA relaxes rules to lower costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cgqi4zuvbb82c188.jpg\" alt=\"Cost of gas remains high despite EPA efforts to rely less on imported fuel\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\"><strong>CHANDLER, Ariz.<\/strong> &#8211; Gas prices remain high despite the Environmental Protection Agency relaxing rules at the start of the month to let <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/arizona-gas-stations-begin-selling-e15-e10-blends-cut-fuel-costs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>gas stations sell E-15 and E-10 gas in an attempt to lower gas prices.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">At a gas station selling E-10 in Chandler, regular gas is $4.85 for cash and $4.95 for credit cards. Prices were even as high as $5.59 on 24th and Van Buren in Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Typically, E-15 gas is supposed to make gas cheaper by about 10 to 20 cents. According to the EPA, E-15 gas can be found throughout the U.S. at 3,000 gas stations. It is something the EPA says is helping the U.S. rely less on imported fuel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">They are also getting rid of all the federal rules so that way gas stations can sell E-10.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">One driver at the gas station says he is paying a lot more compared to a few months ago when prices were lower.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;For a full tank it&#8217;s like $140,&#8221; said Easton Anders. &#8220;Two months ago it was like $85, $90, maybe. I&#8217;m just having my friend drive me more honestly because it&#8217;s a lot cheaper to fill up his car so I can fill up his car and he&#8217;ll drive me more places.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says lower gas prices is a good thing for the agriculture industry. That is because she says it helps farmers have more of a domestic market, especially helping corn farmers.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KSAZ\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">This waiver is done on May 20, but the EPA says they are willing to extend it if gas prices are still high.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> This information was gathered by FOX 10&#8217;s Andrew Christiansen and previous FOX 10 reports.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/consumer\/gas-prices\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gas Prices<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/us\/az\/maricopa-county\/chandler\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chandler<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHANDLER, Ariz. &#8211; Gas prices remain high despite the Environmental Protection Agency relaxing rules at the start of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":785800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,13823,2436,9967,1588,50,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-785799","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-chandler","12":"tag-consumer","13":"tag-gas-prices","14":"tag-maricopa-county","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-phoenix","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116548468039795361","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}