STUDIES ON ETHANOL ENERGY SAVINGS MAY AID PUSH FOR STATE LEGISLATION

Environmentalists and the renewable energy industry are likely to cite two key new studies in the push for state legislation this year aiming to increase the use of ethanol, with the studies concluding that ethanol and other renewable fuels save more energy than is required to produce them. The research also comes as EPA has revoked the federal mandate for gasoline to contain an oxygenate such as ethanol, prompting many states to consider new alternative fuel requirements. Advocates say they...