Environmental Defense called on President Bush to abandon a misguided strategy that promotes coal-based fuel as an alternative to gasoline, warning that it would have dangerous consequences for the climate and national security if it comes without a cap on carbon emissions.
In a letter delivered to the White House, Environmental Defense president Fred Krupp said the Administration should heed urgent calls from scientists and military leaders to act now on climate change and cap global warming pollution, rather than encourage a short-sighted alternative fuels policy that does more harm than good. The letter noted "promoting transport fuel from coal absent a national strategy to cap and substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions is like throwing kerosene on a raging fire."
"If the Administration's goal is national security, it doesn't make sense to pursue policies that make the planet hotter and the world more unstable," Krupp said. "Promoting liquefied coal without limits on greenhouse gas emissions is simply promoting the worst effects of climate change
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