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Minn. Lawmakers Going to the Source of Dirty Car Emissions: Fuel
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Star Tribune
Move over, coal plants. The new targets in the campaign against carbon pollution are the tailpipes of our cars and trucks.
When Minnesota legislators open their new session next week, they will be greeted with a bill that proposes to assign petroleum producers and refiners a new responsibility in the campaign to reduce greenhouse gases. Much as automakers are expected to build ever-more-efficient cars, the petroleum industry would be expected to produce ever-cleaner fuel -- specifically, 10 percent cleaner over the next 10 years.
