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Contacts:
Tony Kreindler, National Media Director, Climate, 202-445-8108, tkreindler@edf.org
Britt Lundgren, Agricultural Policy Specialist, 202-572-3394, blundgren@edf.org
Peter Ashcroft, Climate Policy Specialist, 202-904-8338, pashcroft@edf.org
 
(Washington – May 5, 2009) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today called for public input on the first national policy to fully account for greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels as the nation begins to implement new biofuel production requirements under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.
 
“Today’s action opens the door for a broad and cooperative effort to cut global warming pollution from transportation fuels. There’s a real opportunity here for the heartland and cities to work together,” said