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Growth Energy says GAO report supports arguments

The ethanol lobbying group Growth Energy is touting a recently-released report from Government Accountability Office (GAO), saying it supports their arguments on indirect land use.

The GAO report suggests that EPA work more closely with the Departments of Agriculture and Energy to develop better parameters for assessing greenhouse gas emissions associated with biofuels production.  Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis says that confirms his group’s contention that there is no scientific consensus on indirect land use.

Buis says the GAO report also highlights another challenge facing the biofuels industry—the nation’s lack of infrastructure for distributing, storing and using ethanol.  Growth Energy supports bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senators Tom Harkin and Richard Lugar which would help with the construction of ethanol pipelines and ethanol blender pumps, and would increase the number of flex fuel vehicles on the road.

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