Biofuels Boondoggle

In 2007, Congress directed EPA to assess the impacts of different biofuels on the earth's climate.  In particular, the 2001 Energy Bill directed EPA to estimate how much new land would be cultivated as more and more food and feed was diverted to make fuel - and how much carbon would be released into the atmosphere.  Since that time, countless studies have shown that burning food for fuel not only raises food prices, but also increases greenhouse gas emissions.  Recently, the Congressional Budget Office found that the currently most widely used ethanol blend increased the cost of our nation's food stamp and child nutrition programs by up to $900 million this year alone and an EPA study found that certain biofuels are worse for the earth's climate than gasoline.

Now, some biofuels advocates want Congress to direct EPA to ignore or underestimate the greenhouse gas impacts of biofuels.  They want the EPA to look the other way when it comes to this important issue.

See what the Washington Post and the New York Times have to say about this.