Government May Ease Environmental Rules to Quell Fuel Prices

The Bush administration is considering the economic trade-offs of cleaner-burning gasoline.

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May 30, 2004, 9:00 AM PDT

"The Bush administration is considering easing environmental requirements for a multitude of gasoline blends and streamlining permits for new refineries to increase fuel supplies and fight soaring prices, Commerce Secretary Donald Evans said Wednesday.

But Vickie Patton, a senior lawyer with Environmental Defense in Boulder, Colo., said that the use of cleaner-burning gasoline blends had been 'consistently one of the single most effective measures to protect public health and the environment from harmful air pollution.'"

Thanks to C. Scott Smith

FULL STORY: http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/front/story/1950144p-2258339c.html

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 in The Victoria Advocate

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