Comments on: EPA Arrives Late to the Ethanol Party http://gigaom.com/cleantech/epa-arrives-late-to-the-ethanol-party/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:33:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Veto and Filibuster Loom for Energy Bill « Earth2Tech http://gigaom.com/cleantech/epa-arrives-late-to-the-ethanol-party/#comment-8367 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:39:00 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/11/28/epa-arrives-late-to-the-ethanol-party/#comment-8367 [...] industry. The economics and environmental realities of ethanol in our current system, however, are fundamentally flawed. While the letter claims “the President’s proposed alternative fuel standard would go [...]

]]> By: Bob from ALAMN http://gigaom.com/cleantech/epa-arrives-late-to-the-ethanol-party/#comment-8366 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:04:04 +0000 http://earth2tech.com/2007/11/28/epa-arrives-late-to-the-ethanol-party/#comment-8366 The WSJ got it wrong.

Used without proper context in an article that broadly covers criticism of the ethanol industry, it appears that the American Lung Association is an ethanol critic. This is not true. The American Lung Association recognizes that alternative fuels can play an important role in the reduction of fossil fuel use and that they can vary significantly in their impact on lung health because of their composition and application.

For example, the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest has led a nationally-recognized E85 (an ethanol-based alternative fuel that can be used in flex-fuel vehicles) pilot program since 1998. We remain a strong supporter of E85 and biodiesel, both of which have been tested and approved by the Environmental Protection Agency as cleaner-burning alternatives to traditional petroleum fuels.

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