If pursued wisely, biofuels, such as corn 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)—which has created the first national global warming pollution criteria for ethanol, biodiesel, and other renewable fuels.

The EPA is holding a public comment period through July 27 on their proposed standards. Please tell Administrator Lisa Jackson that the best science must be incorporated into the RFS to ensure that biofuels truly become part of a clean transportation future.

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Source:  Union of Concerned Scientists Action Network