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Nov 13, 2010

ALTERNATIVE FUELS * USA - Ethanol lawsuit against California moves ahead, other legal battles brewing

San Bernaardino,CAL,USA -Fleet Owner, by Wendy Leavitt -Nov 9, 2010: -- The Renewable Fuels Association and Growth Energy, organizations representing the ethanol industry, have filed papers in U.S. District Court in California asking the court to declare that California’s low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) violates the U.S. Constitution. A hearing is set for February 23, 2011... The two groups issued a joint statement concerning the filing, noting that: “The regulation, as written, is unconstitutional and injurious to the domestic ethanol industry, and we don’t believe a full trial is needed to do that” ... The ethanol groups first filed their suit in December of 2009. This summer, the court overruled a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, clearing the way for them to continue with their claims... California approved the state’s LCFS in January of this year and several other states have also announced that they intend to follow California’s lead... California has alleged that corn-based ethanol, according to its LCFS metrics, may actually be higher in carbon intensity than the gasoline currently in use in the state...

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