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Embattled ethanol group launches defense of RFS

Ethanol groups announced the start of a campaign today aimed at highlighting the positive impacts of biofuels on communities and the economy as part of an effort to defend the renewable fuel standard. The Fuels America coalition will bring together ethanol, national security and agriculture interest groups to tout the RFS as critical to building a domestic biofuels industry. Go to story #1

1. POLITICS:

Embattled ethanol group launches defense of RFS

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