{"id":22749,"date":"2014-10-08T02:50:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T00:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biofuelsdigest.com\/bdigest\/2014\/09\/30\/algae-biomass-organization-launches-petition-to-support-approval-of-co2-recycling-for-emissions-reduction\/"},"modified":"2021-09-09T21:48:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:48:44","slug":"sign-abos-white-house-petition-approve-co2-recycling-emission-reduction-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/sign-abos-white-house-petition-approve-co2-recycling-emission-reduction-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign ABO\u2019s White House petition to approve CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0recycling as an emission reduction strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0annual Algae Biomass Summit kicked off today\u00a0with the Algae Biomass Organization\u2019s Executive Director Matt Carr challenging the algae industry to think:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b>Why are we here?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Forest fires, flooding, shrinking ice caps\u00a0and other environmental disasters\u00a0are becoming more prevalent and severe due to climate change. Food pressures, energy supplies\u00a0and water shortages are become more serious economic and security challenges the world over.\u00a0\u00a0Matt reminded the hundreds of Summit attendees that they have gathered in San Diego this week because\u00a0the\u00a0algae industry is part of the solution.<\/p>\n<p>As a member of the algae community, you too\u00a0can take action by signing ABO\u2019s\u00a0<i>We the People<\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wh.gov\/ilUxI\">petition<\/a>\u00a0to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0petition asks the White House to ensure that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permits states to use\u00a0carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies as they work to meet\u00a0emissions reductions targets set by the agency.<\/p>\n<p>Farming algae requires large quantities of CO<sub>2<\/sub>, and using the waste CO<sub>2<\/sub> from power generation to grow algal biomass that can be converted in to fuel, chemicals and other valuable products can flip the cost-equation that is traditionally associated with carbon capture. By recycling CO<sub>2<\/sub> we can simultaneously reduce emissions and stimulate economic\u00a0growth.<\/p>\n<p>Take the next 2 minutes to support\u00a0common sense, market-driven, job-creating and emissions-reducing technologies today! Sign the petition here:<a href=\"http:\/\/wh.gov\/ilUxI\">http:\/\/wh.gov\/ilUxI<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In California, the Algae Biomass Organization announced a &ldquo;We the People&rdquo; petition to the White Hous&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572,5571],"tags":[],"supplier":[162,1214],"class_list":["post-22749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","category-co2-based","supplier-algae-biomass-organization-abo","supplier-united-states-environmental-protection-agency-epa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22749\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22749"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=22749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}