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Nation Begins Transition to Renewable Transportation Fuels Program

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Nation Begins Transition to Renewable Transportation Fuels Program

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
Contacts:
Tony Kreindler, National Media Director, Climate, 202-445-8108, tkreindler@edf.org
Britt Lundgren, Agricultural Policy Specialist, 202-572-3394, blundgren@edf.org
Peter Ashcroft, Climate Policy Specialist, 202-904-8338, pashcroft@edf.org
 
(Washington – May 5, 2009) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today called for public input on the first national policy to fully account for greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels as the nation begins to implement new biofuel production requirements under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
 
“Today’s action opens the door for a broad and cooperative effort to cut global warming pollution from transportation fuels. There’s a real opportunity here for the heartland and cities to work together,” said Steve Cochran, national climate campaign director at Environmental Defense Fund.
 
“The outcome of this process and quick congressional action to cap greenhouse gas emissions will be crucial to reducing carbon pollution from the transportation sector,” Cochran added.
 
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) mandates graduated increases in the volume of renewable fuels, calling for the nation’s reliance to rise from 9.0 billion gallons in 2008 to 36 billion gallons in 2022. In addition, renewable fuels from new produc