BILL REQUIRING MORE ETHANOL IN RFG STUMBLES OVER POLLUTION FEARS

Legislation directing the air board to alter its reformulated gasoline (RFG) regulations to increase ethanol content has hit a rocky road in the Senate, based on concerns by environmentalists that air quality is likely to worsen under the plan. Pro-ethanol groups backing the measure are attempting to hammer out amendments to the legislation to get it past a major policy committee next week, sources said. The legislation is significant because it would affect the Air Resources Board's fuel regulations, the...