Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Ottawa’s push to use high-level ethanol fuel in cars is doing little or nothing to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions nor will it.”

Canada.com: “Ottawa’s push to use high-level ethanol fuel in cars is doing little or nothing to cut Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions nor will it, says a government briefing note prepared for  Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt and obtained by Canwest News Service. Moreover, government officials have warned Raitt that giving automakers credits toward new fuel efficiency standards by making cars that can use environmentally friendly E85 fuel will not actually reduce emissions because those cars will never actually use the ‘green’ fuel and will continue to use regular gasoline.”

Tom Buis, CEO of Growth Energy:  “The members of Growth Energy strongly agree with the authors of “Bioenergy and Wildlife: Threats and Opportunities for Grassland Conservation,” that maintaining conservation land and wildlife habitat are important goals for our nation. Market watchers forecast American farmers will produce 13 billion bushels of corn this year – a yield increase of 7 percent over last year, planted on 5 million fewer acres.  The productivity of the American farmer continues to give us more grain from fewer acres. The RFS already includes safeguards that protect conservation land. For a fuel to qualify for the RFS, it cannot come from new land.”

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