People hailing taxis in the Beltway will be riding with “clean energy”. Well, not actually. (But wouldn’t that be awesome?) The clean energy will be in the form of an ad running on screen inside the cabs sponsored by Americans for Energy Security and Innovation. The ad highlights President Obama’s “hypocrisy” on promoting clean energy – a message the group wants the country to hear as President Obama heads to Paris for a global conference on climate change at the end of November. As is stands today, pro-biofuel groups are calling on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop gutting the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and reverse its proposed 2014, 2015 and 2016 fuels to increase the amount of renewable fuels mandated across all categories.

“Regardless of your position on climate change, it’s clear that President Obama is talking out of both sides of his mouth on renewable energy. Despite his environmental rhetoric, the Obama Administration has tried to gut the Renewable Fuel Standard – the only successful federal law that has effectively promoted clean fuels that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The President’s stunning hypocrisy has undermined his credibility and proven that he cannot be trusted to keep his word and follow through on his promises,” said American for Energy Security and Innovation Chairman and former United States Senator Jim Talent.