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Article: SEN. TALENT PRESSURES OIL INDUSTRY TO INCREASE FUELING STATIONS FOR ETHANOL, BIODIESEL

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March 7, 2006
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The office of Sen. James Talent, R-Mo., issued the following press release:

At a Senate Energy Committee hearing today, Sen. Jim Talent (R-Mo.) said the oil industry should take steps to increase fueling stations that dispense renewable fuels like ethanol and biodiesel, including an 85 percent ethanol-blend known as E-85.

Sen. Talent, who steered the Renewable Fuels Standard through the Senate adding 7.5 billion gallons of renewables to the nation's fuel supply by 2012, said the oil industry needs to make adjustments at the pumps for consumers in Missouri and around the country.

"One of our biggest challenges now is increasing the infrastructure to get the fuels to the consumers," Sen. ...

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