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Article: Big Win for Biodiesel: ASTM Approves New Biodiesel Blend Specifications

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June 20, 2008
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The biodiesel industry is celebrating today following last night's final vote by the ASTM International D02 Main Committee to approve a trio of long-awaited ASTM specifications for biodiesel blends. After more than five years of extensive research and subsequent balloting by the ASTM fuel experts in the blended fuel balloting process, ASTM has finally voted to approve three key sets of biodiesel specifications that should significantly bolster automaker support and consumer demand for biodiesel:

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