National Wildlife Federation sues EPA for failing to protect grasslands from destructive biofuel production

Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, Legislation and Policy

The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleging that the Agency has not enforced laws that protect grasslands from destruction related to biofuel production.

At issue here, it seems, is the EPA's aggregate compliance approach, which the NWF asserts is in clear violation of guidelines within the Renewable Fuel Standard Program. Julie Sibbing, director of agriculture programs for the NWF, says that:

Plowing up our nation's last remnants of native grasslands to grow more corn for ethanol is like burning the Mona Lisa for firewood. We are shocked that the EPA would choose to ignore this statutory prohibition.

The NWF argues that the EPA's reluctance to crack down on violators "allows fragile and federally protected ecosystem like America's grasslands to be destroyed for biofuels production." Who wants that?

[Source: National Wildlife Federation | Image: Dendroica cerulea - C.C. License 2.0]

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