In Australia, the state premier has requested State Departments to use more ethanol after it was revealed that only his own department met the government’s 2 percent biofuel target in February. “I can’t expect industry to the right thing if Government doesn’t lead the way,” New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma said.
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