USA: EA-21 Seeks Support for Advanced Biofuels, Keystone Pipeline, Better Regulations
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Thursday, 26 January 2012 |
An independent analysis by the citizen energy-independence advocacy group Energy Alternatives for the 21st Century (EA-21) has confirmed that the United States and North America as a wjp;e can become energy independent in the near future. However, EA-21 has also raised concerns that Washington policy-makers may hamper the development needed to achieve this.
"For years, EA-21 has advocated energy security and independence. Our calculations confirm what the just-released BP energy study predicts: after years of hard work, finally, victory is in sight,” said EA-21 President, Jack Halpern. “Despite this great progress, Washington’s leaders could still blow it if they fail to provide the support needed for advanced biofuels to fill the small remaining gap, and create obstacles to the production of unconventional oil from the Canadian tar sands and US shale.”
Three possible obstacles that Halpern sees ahead are the White House veto of the proposed Keystone pipeline from Canada to the US gulf refineries, new regulations that would limit the recovery of oil and gas from shale, and a failure to support steps such as the Open Fuel Standard and R&D funding that would help bring advanced biofuels to consumers.
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