Groups call on Michigan to adopt low carbon fuel standard

Crain's Detroit Business
2:12 p.m., Sep. 8, 2009
By Amy Lane

Environmental groups and other interests on Tuesday called for the state to require oil refineries and fuel blenders to reduce the overall carbon content of vehicle fuels sold in the state.The “low carbon fuel standard” would require fuel providers to meet a declining standard for greenhouse gas emissions – a move that backers said would encourage the development of the most promising fuel sources, such as cellulosic ethanol and electricity for electric or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.


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