Now that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has opened a 60-day comment period for proposed changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard, the National Corn Growers Association is formulating a comprehensive response. NCGA is working with industry allies to provide a set of science-based comments that underscore the importance of corn ethanol for its economic, environmental and energy benefits.
"These proposed regulations for implementing the federal Renewable Fuel Standard need to be based on sound science and the best data available," said NCGA President Bob Dickey. "One of the biggest concerns is the emphasis on indirect land use changes in determining the possible greenhouse gas and climate change effects of biofuels. That rule assumes, wrongly, that producing more ethanol requires diverting more acres to corn from other crops, triggering a global shift in acreage."
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