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Time for Bioenergy to Get Smart

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Union of Concerned Scientists

Bioenergy -- electricity and fuels derived from materials such as corn, soybeans, and grasses -- can be part of the solution to America's energy and environmental needs. But it must be produced in a way that protects our air, soil and water and generates the lowest amount of global warming pollution.

Congress recently passed a Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) as part of the Energy Bill. This standard would require the production of as much as 36 billion gallons of biofuels, such as ethanol and biodiesel, by 2022 and includes important environmental oversight over the full lifecycle of biofuels production. In addition, it mandates that 21 billion gallons come from fuels that release at least 50 percent less global warming pollution than gasoline.

Unfortunately, a competing version of the RFS, one stripped of these vital environmental safeguards, has been included in the Senate Food and Farm Bill. If this version of the RFS passes and is signed into law, it will trump the stronger RFS signed by the president on December 19.

Please urge your Representative to support a smart Renewable Fuel Standard that protects our air, soil and water and significantly reduces global warming pollution. The RFS included in the Energy Bill - not the Senate Food and Farm Bill - represents the best opportunity for bioenergy to play a real role in America's global warming solution.

deadline: 5-15-2008
goal: 25,000

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Dear Representative [Last Name]:

Please support the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) in the Energy Bill that includes vital environmental safeguards, and reject the version currently included in the Senate Food and Farm Bill.

The RFS included in the Energy Bill just signed into law includes vital standards for environmental protection and reductions in global warming pollution. It gives oversight to the Environmental Protection Agency, contains critical habitat and sustainability protections, and mandates that more than half of the new fuels produced release at least 50 percent less global warming pollution than gasoline. The Senate Food and Farm Bill version of the RFS contains none of these requirements.

If developed in a sustainable way, biofuels do have the potential to produce fuel with fewer risks than those associated with oil. But a rapid global expansion of biofuel production could have unwanted environmental and economic consequences. The RFS included in the Energy Bill is a first step toward ensuring a future for biofuels that we will not regret. This version, not the Senate Food and Farm Bill alternative, deserves your support.

We signed the “Time for Bioenergy to Get Smart” petition!

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7:43 pm PDT, May 15, Cynthia Castaldo, New York
All of our lives are in danger. Take a serious look around and see the increased risks and dangers of natural disasters and pollution. It is imperative we begin to apply alternatives!

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4:01 pm PDT, May 12, Krista LePak, Minnesota

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6:16 am PDT, May 6, Suzanna Van der Voort, Netherlands
Please don't ignore all the signs of global warming that is a threat for all life on this planet. There are enough solutions for new and clean energie. Please don't hesitate any longer, but act now.

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8:50 pm PDT, May 5, Name not displayed, California

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4:28 pm PDT, Apr 19, Cynthia Parker, Virginia
if we don't do something we will be exstinct

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7:41 pm PDT, Apr 18, Bonnie Andres, Illinois
If we don't do something now our children will not have a world to grow up in.

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