Americas > Green groups call out US RFS for allowing increased land conversion, GHGs

Green groups call out US RFS for allowing increased land conversion, GHGs

Published 21:52 on October 30, 2018  /  Last updated at 21:54 on October 30, 2018  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, RINs & LCFS, US

A petition filed Tuesday on behalf of a dozen environmental organisations accused the US EPA of illegally allowing millions of acres of wildlife habitat to be converted to cropland to satisfy the federal biofuels programme, releasing millions of tonnes of GHGs in the process.
A petition filed Tuesday on behalf of a dozen environmental organisations accused the US EPA of illegally allowing millions of acres of wildlife habitat to be converted to cropland to satisfy the federal biofuels programme, releasing millions of tonnes of GHGs in the process.


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