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ACESA spells rainforest destruction

The House cap-and-trade bill allows rampant rainforest destruction to continue – and the Senate cap-and-trade bill will likely be modeled after the House version. The American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACESA) recently passed by the House seeks to roll back major biofuels studies of the last several years. ACESA would block the EPA from using “indirect land use change” as a factor in developing the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) for biofuels. But indirect land use change caused by biofuels is forcing rainforest destruction in the Amazon, Southeast Asia and Africa. And it is...