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Groups call on President Obama to reject State Dept. conclusions on Keystone XL

The State Department has abdicated its responsibility to evaluate the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in an impartial way, environmental leaders tell President Obama.
Letter to Deputy Inspector General Geisel

Request for Investigation of State Department Actions re: Keystone XL Pipeline Project
Letter to President Obama

Letter urging Obama to employ any legal means to put a halt to hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), a highly controversial and dangerous method of “natural” gas exploration, until and unless the…
"I think it’s dead for a long, long time." Warren Buffet on nuclear reactors

Print ad run in the Omaha-World Herald to challenge Warren Buffet on the Iowa rate hike legislation
Letter to Senator Barbara Boxer and Senator James Inhofe

Request for hearings on the Renewable Fuel Standard by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Letter to Rep. Dave Camp and Rep. Sander Levin

Re: Allow the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit to Expire
Letter to Congressional Leaders

Letter asking Congress to reject efforts to continue or expand federal support for corn ethanol in any appropriations, tax or debt reduction package.
The Blender’s Subsidy: A Bad Investment Tax Credit for Ethanol

The target of this fact sheet is the blender’s subsidy, which is a more-than-$5-billion annual tax credit that goes to oil companies that blend ethanol into conventional gasoline. This subsidy is du…
Biofuels and Food Insecurity: U.S. ethanol policy fuels global hunger

U.S. biofuels policies are a leading cause of increased global food prices and market volatility, which threaten food security for communities both domestically and abroad.
Letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

Urging support for the McCain Amendment, No. 741, to H.R. 2112, the Fiscal Year 2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which would protect taxpayers from being forced to pay for ethanol blender pumps a…