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EPA proposes to include Southern Maine in the Federal Reformulated Gasoline Program

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The purpose of the federal RFG program is to improve air quality in certain areas through the use of gasoline that is reformulated to reduce motor vehicle emissions that lead to the formation of ground-level ozone. States which are designated by EPA as part of the Ozone Transport Region, such as Maine, can “opt-in” to the program.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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Hydrous ethanol has been used in the United States as a transportation fuel for at least one hundred years. These distilleries made 192-proof alcohol for human consumption, lantern fuel and transportation fuel. Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States. This moonshine was hydrous ethanol. Pursuant to 40 CFR § 80.27(a)(2):

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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how many trees the managers will remove either for sale or to better support the regrowth of the redwoods. The “functional unit” for the Environmental Commendation assessment was defined as the transportation of passengers over a total distance of 150,000 kilometers (93,206 miles) in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC).

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