“It will soon be a new day for national climate and energy policy,” says Daschle

In Washington, policymakers and renewable energy experts gathered in Washington, where Secretary of Heath and Human Services nominee Tom Daschle said “Candidate Obama made alternative energy a central part of his campaign. It will soon be a new day for national climate and energy policy.” Daschle told the policy forum that “Too many public interest and environmental groups have bought flawed information. The corn ethanol industry portrayed by snapshots of yesterday is a far cry from the corn ethanol industry of tomorrow.” Daschle recommended the removal of the Brazilian ethanol tariff, and that government subsidies should be based on a a fuels complete carbon footprint, which observers said would close put opportunities for oil shale and liquid coal.

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