The Biden administration moved Tuesday to ease gasoline shortages caused by a ransomware attack on the nation’s largest pipeline network, as concerns grew that spiking fuel pricesand supply disruptions could hinder travel while the nation emerges from the coronavirus pandemic.The Environmental Protection Agency waived gasoline volatility requirements across 12 states and Washington, D.C., to help bring more fuel to areas normally well supplied by the ColonialPipeline. The Department of Transportation also announced initial steps that could permit foreign tankers to transport gasoline and diesel to East Coast ports, despite 101-year-old JonesAct mandates to use American vessels.The actions are among several optionsPresident Joe Biden has to blunt the potential political fallout from fuel shortages and rising prices just as he’s trying to jump start the economyafter the worst pandemic in a century.
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