New Fuels Alliance and 20 Companies Send ILUC Letter to Senators Kerry and Boxer
Submitted by admin on September 10, 2009 – 8:11 amNo Comment
… The New Fuels Alliance submitted a letter co-signed by 20 leading advanced biofuel companies to Senators Boxer (D-CA) and Kerry (D-MA) asking for balanced carbon accounting in any upcoming climate legislation. The letter comes in the wake of the “Peterson-Waxman agreement,” which postponed the enforcement of international indirect land use change penalties as part of the climate bill passed by the House in June 2009.
The letter asks the Senators to protect the advanced biofuels from asymmetrical carbon accounting — instilled by the selective enforcement of indirect carbon emissions against biofuels only — as part of any climate/energy legislation passing through the U.S. Senate. READ MORE Download complete letter
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