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Increasing the fuel economy of our nation’s vehicles is vital to addressing rising gas prices and the health and environmental risks of unchecked global warming. But for transportation to truly become a climate solution, we must also reduce the heat-trapping emissions created by the fuels our vehicles burn. Unfortunately, this desire for cleaner alternatives to gasoline has led to serious misrepresentations around today’s ethanol--a biofuel derived primarily from corn in the United States. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is currently reviewing their "Green Guides" to protect consumers from misrepresentations in environmental advertising, but the guide doesn’t currently cover fuel advertising. Please urge FTC Chairman William Kovacic to take this opportunity to address the issue of misrepresentations in today’s ethanol advertising.
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