Jeanne McCaherty s Testimony to MN House Conference Committee on the Future Fuels Act – Advanced BioFuels USA advancedbiofuelsusa.info - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from advancedbiofuelsusa.info Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
“Over the past three years ACE has been mobilizing support for clean fuels policies in the
Midwest, and we are grateful the bipartisan Minnesota Future Fuels Act, which follows the policy blueprint we have recommended, has been adopted by the
Minnesota House of Representatives and has received continued interest during this legislative session,” Jennings said.
“We commend Minnesota leaders for recognizing the economic development benefits this legislation would bring to the state, while increasing ethanol demand and providing incentives for farmers for climate-smart practices.
“We’re at the cusp of additional clean fuels legislative activity in other states and Congress and believe Minnesota should be the model so farmers and biofuel producers are considered part of the climate solution,” Jennings added.
(State of Wisconsin) … Our charge is to combat the crisis at hand, to do so in a way that weds science and data with the experiences of citizens in the state, to learn how different communities and industries have been impacted, and to learn from those that are already leading the way in combatting this crisis.
And that’s exactly what this task force did. We focused our work on the people of Wisconsin. We united a diverse coalition representing different perspectives, communities, and industries with a shared vision to make Wisconsin a cleaner, safer, and more equitable state.
We also focused on listening to the voices that have gone unheard by past leaders of this state and nation the voices of people of color and low-income communities, whose air and water are more likely to be polluted but whose communities are far less likely to be included in policymaking. These voices must be part of the conversation and drive solutions anything less will continue the long pattern of en