NCGA
Calls RFS Studies ‘Misleading’ (5-26-05)
National Corn
Growers Association (NCGA) President Leon Corzine said today that
the release this week of two studies disparaging the positive impact
of a renewable fuels standard (RFS) is a well-funded and misleading
smear campaign mounted against renewable energy.
“The Senate
Energy Committee’s adoption of an 8-billion-gallon RFS Wednesday
is indicative of the increasing understanding by the Congress of
the impact high and unstable gasoline prices have on our nation’s
consumers and the need for comprehensive energy legislation that
reduces our dangerous dependence on foreign oil. We are confident
that Congress will continue its progress toward passage of an energy
bill this year and that scurrilous PR projects will not impede that
progress.
“NCGA
has worked with many partners over the last four years to pass a
comprehensive energy policy,” he added. “Our efforts
will continue to be centered on passing an energy bill, not responding
to spurious allegations that attempt to deter those committed to
improving this nation’s economy and environment through the
use of domestically produced renewable fuel.”