ARB ETHANOL REPORT BOLSTERS CASE FOR NON-OXYGENATED FUEL

A new draft air board report that details further negative pollution impacts of ethanol in gasoline is seen as bolstering the state's argument to the federal government that non-oxygenated gasoline would help improve air quality more than ethanol, and that oxygenates should not be required in reformulated gasoline. But ethanol industry representatives are attacking the draft report as biased, and based on incomplete studies and selective data. The Air Resources Board's draft report, "A Summary Of the Staff's Assessment Regarding...