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Stop the EPA from including palm-oil based biofuels in the Renewable Fuel Standard!
To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Of all the biofuels, palm oil causes the most pollution. In order to make room for palm oil plantations, growers will clear and burn dense rainforests (many of them on carbon-rich peatland.) This destructive practice kills many endangered species each year and leads to widespread deforestation...
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In addition to the devastation that palm oil production wrecks on the environment, palm oil-based biodiesel also fails to meet a Renewable Fuel Standard requirement of offering 20% reduction in emissions relative to conventional gasoline.
To learn about the Renewable Fuel Standard, visit:
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/renewablefuels/index.htm
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Update #1
Posted on Sep 9, 2012Thank you to everyone for signing the petition. I plan on delivering the signatures to Lisa Jackson of the EPA and U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer on October 1. Please help us reach the 25,000 signature mark by forwarding it on to friends. By signing the petition, you will help fight the use palm-oil based biofuels and help to protect rainforests and wildlife, such as orangutans. Currently, on Indonesian island of Sumatra, the world's densest population of orangutans is on the edge of...
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It's OUR own dumb fault ! !
…Humanity's fate is ALL about the overconsumption of Energy. Yet, AMERICA Continues to WASTE over 70% of the Energy it Consumes. OUR hedonist energy waste is culturally pervasive, inexcusable, and suicidal.
(1) 100's of millions of lights unnecessarily burn energy every day and night.(2) We over heat, over cool, and over light our municipalities, businesses, offices, homes, churches, SCHOOLS, etc… (3) Over packaging is the norm, and recycling is inadequate. Our...
It's OUR own dumb fault ! !
Humanity's fate is ALL about the overconsumption of Energy. Yet, AMERICA Continues to WASTE over 70% of the Energy it Consumes. OUR hedonist energy waste is culturally pervasive, inexcusable, and suicidal.
(1) 100's of millions of lights unnecessarily burn energy every day and night.(2) We over heat, over cool, and over light our municipalities, businesses, offices, homes, churches, SCHOOLS, etc… (3) Over packaging is the norm, and recycling is inadequate. Our landfills are busier than ever. Plastics (all of which are derived from petroleum) are the cause of most cancers.(4) Most Americans do not minimize their driving; road congestion is horrendous.(5) America's incessant obsession with driving and road construction is the ultimate contradiction to sustainable living.
The only way to eliminate waste and over demand for energy is by using the economic impact of taxing energy. Crude oil must be taxed at $160 per barrel(42 gal) and this 'energy consumption tax' be offset by making Federal Income Tax begin at $60k. Only with a substantial and tangible dollar consequence/reward will there be the incentive to conserve energy. Until the price of gas is $6 to $7 per gallon, Americans will not significantly reduce their over consumption and energy waste.
Ford, GM, and Chrysler continue toward bankrupt, yet basically continue to do business as usual. They must transition to the lucrative business of building solar and wind 'energy producers' for the world's 6.7 BILLION people reason$. They already have the needed infrastructure to mass produce, sell, and install these products. Failure to innovate the auto industry away from energy consumption to energy production will cause the ruin our economy and the environment . Energy demand cannot continue to support dwindling fossil fuel 'supply'.
China, India, and other former 'developing countries' have just begun to compete for the world's remaining fossil fuel. Continued global demand for energy can only be satisfied with conservation and renewable sources.Global warming continues to increases with our persistent waste and overuse of fossil fuels. Human extinction will be the reward for our failure to rapidly and broadly implement renewable energy supplies. The incentives necessary to implement sustainable and renewable energy supplies can ONLY occur when we employ the economics of TAXING ENERGY.
Use your influence and resources to promote Energy Conservation. Americans need to be ever reminded/told to STOP the/our/your Energy WASTE !
Lowell Michalove Energy Conservation Advocate
Cathi.. Thats not exactly what she meant. your comment was just rude and combative .." Grow up"
Dude..First off, you REALLY need to stop drinking the Kool-Aid, and go get an education. Global Warming(LOL) has be proven to be NOT man made. Have you not read the papers released by the scientist who first stated it was man made, but now confess,they were PAID to say that because they cannot PROVE it, even at that, what we produce in pollution, is equivalent to trying to change the PH level of the Ocean by pissing in it. SECOND, to raise taxes on oil would CRASH our economy and millions would lose their jobs, and go hungry, crime would increase to an historic level. Anarchy would soon follow and Millions of people like you, would die. As someone who works in the Wind Industry, I can state for a fact that if we put a Wind Turbine on every square foot on the planet, it would still not produce the amount of energy needed to sustain life. You see, we need energy to live. It keeps the pumps running to provide water to humans, it keeps filtration systems working so that we have CLEAN water. It keeps the heat on in the coldest parts of the planet where people would die without it, and cool in the hottest parts of the planet.
The planet has gone through periods where we were a fire ball, and then an Ice Planet. Mother Earth has regulated herself for Billions of years before humans even arrived, and will continue long after WE are gone.
We have enough energy both above and below the ground to last 1000's of years right here in the U.S. you need to know the FACTS....and do yourself and the world a favor, read, learn, and educated yourself!
We need to change to real renewable resources - not the 'fad' of the moment - so that we can keep the earth sustainable..
So sad, I think one of our main problems as humans is that not enough people care! why can't we just use what we need from nature but DON'T overconsume! using our cars less, recycling more, educating the young on these issues is just the tip of the iceberg.
I take it you will be biking to work from now on! Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
please don't make jokes,its not a comedy page. theres a time and a place. nobody is perfect its about knowing whats wrong and changing your old habits. thats all.
I signed
satisfaite de pouvoir aider, car j'attendais cette pétition, je suis tellement écoeurée de tout cela ! enfin on agit !
je viens de signer !
Merci Hélène!!!!
We take care and don't use palm oil in your food. Thank you to take care of our forests.
Elijah, my 8 year old has been teaching EVERYONE he knows about sustainable palm oil, and the destroyed habitat of the orangutans he loves. If an 8 year old can make a difference by writing letters and one household stops buying any palm oil added products, imagine the results of 25,000. Keep up the excellent work. Elijah and I appreciate your effort!
I know I'm gonna sound like an idiot but wht does orangutan have to do w palm oil?
They live in forests and forests and entire forests will be destroyed through the method's greedy corporations use to get what they want. They don't care about anything other than money.
The amount of palm oil that is produced for human food needs alone is far more than can be produced without massive environmental, habitat and biodiversity harm. Using even more vast quantities for burning in power stations is a horrific prospect, and must not be allowed. Surely some sort of reason, and some sort of environmental responsibility, has to prevail against just the will to earn a quick buck.
Save our necessary bio=diversity for support of our planet.
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