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Valero also makes ethanol, and has benefited from a record corn crop and strong demand.

And just this week, Newsom signed a bill that will allow gas stations to sell cheaper gas with 15% ethanol, even though state air regulators have not completed their review of the fuel.

The research team measured the amount of ethanol, or pure alcohol, in fruits such as figs and plums eaten in large quantities by wild chimps in Côte d'Ivoire and Uganda.

It is similar to ethanol, which is used for alcoholic drinks, but it is cheaper and more toxic to humans because of the way it is processed by the body.

The government has defended its decision to not pass the recommendations, saying that at the time of the report's relase, ethanol was cheaper than petrol.