Science - Not Industry - Should Guide Rules for Biofuels
source: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/239394847?z00m=19787822
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Sponsored by: Union of Concerned Scientists
If pursued wisely, biofuels – such as ethanol – have the potential to play a pivotal role in reducing global warming emissions from vehicles. But research indicates that conventional biofuels can result in substantial global warming pollution when forests and grasslands are converted to farmlands for fuel crop production.
Lobbyists for the conventional biofuels industry are mounting a vigorous campaign to push the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ignore these vital scientific findings when implementing the federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS will create the first national global warming pollution criteria for ethanol, biodiesel and other renewable fuels.
The EPA is seeking your feedback on the proposed standards – but we only have until September 25 to submit comments! Please tell Administrator Lisa Jackson that the EPA must use the best available science to ensure that biofuels truly become part of a clean transportation future.
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DeliaTheArtist
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Thank you for posting this! I really think scientists should play a larger role in policy! Featured in the Science Group (http://current.com/groups/science/) Signed and I hope many other people do too!
- 2 years ago
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DeliaTheArtist
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SeaJade
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If we are having a food crisis (or am I having nightmares and there are actually no people going hungry), where is the land, water, and nutrients to grow crops for fuel coming from - how about we destroy the rest of our forests... that will do it... There are billions of people in this world that all want energy, perhaps it would be wise to stick with something that is actually sustainable.... we have the technology to be so much cleaner than we are, and systems that are much more practical than burning up plants that could otherwise be food.
- 2 years ago
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SeaJade
