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Biofuels: Cultivating Energy, Not Invasive Species, Invasive Species Advisory Committee
Biofuels: Cultivating Energy, Not Invasive Species, Invasive Species Advisory Committee
National Invasive Species Council
Biofuels: Cultivating Energy, not Invasive Species, approved by ISAC on August 11, 2009
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To provide alternatives to petroleum-based energy, the United States government has mandated a greater proportion of plant-based biofuels be integrated into its energy portfolio. However, certain plant species being proposed for biofuel production in the United States are invasive species or are likely to escape cultivation and become invasive. United States Executive Order (EO) 131121 defines invasive species as “alien [non-native] species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health” and states: “Each Federal agency whose actions …