Washington state signs ethanol requirement

Last month, Washington became the fourth state to join the growing ethanol wave. Governor Christine Gregoire signed the bill, which states that two percent of the state’s diesel and gasoline must come from biodiesel or ethanol by the end of 2008. Other parts of the bill require state agency purchases to include a minimum of 20 percent biodiesel.

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Last
month, Washington became the fourth state to join the growing ethanol wave. Governor Christine Gregoire
signed the bill, which states that two percent of the state’s diesel and gasoline must come from biodiesel or
ethanol by the end of 2008. Other parts of the bill require state agency purchases to include a minimum of 20 percent
biodiesel.
Washington is the fourth state to enact an ethanol requirement. The other states are
Minnesota, Montana and Hawaii.

[Source: American Coalition for Ethanol]