Mr.  Chairman and Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify here today on behalf of my organization, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), about  the Renewable Fuels Standard,  which we view as a very important tool in our mutual efforts to address climate change and energy and economic security.  We congratulate you upon the passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-140) – no small accomplishment.  EESI is an independent non-profit organization founded by a bi-partisan Congressional caucus in 1984 to provide policymakers with reliable information on energy and environmental issues, to help develop consensus among a broad base of constituencies and to work for innovative policy solutions.  Our Board is interdisciplinary and is drawn from academia as well as the public and private sectors, including Dr. Rosina Bierbaum, Dean, School of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Michigan, and Amb. Richard Benedick, who was a lead US negotiator of the Montreal Protocol.  Our Board is chaired by Richard L. Ottinger of New York, a former chair of the House Energy & Power Subcommittee and the Dean Emeritus of Pace University Law School.

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