Sustainable Bioenergy, Farms, and Forests - December 7, 2018

New Report Finds EPA Could Be Doing Much More to Unlock Growth of Low-Carbon Biofuels

Thirteen years after the passage of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the domestic corn ethanol industry produces 16 billion gallons of ethanol a year and the biodiesel industry produces 2.7 billion gallons of biodiesel and renewable diesel a year.  Conversely, advanced and cellulosic fuels, those leading to greenhouse gas reductions greater than 50 percent, have reached production of only about 500 million gallons per year.  This is despite the Congressional mandate that these fuels make up the majority of the 36 billion gallons called for by 2022 under the RFS. 

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Headlines: 

1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accelerate Like a ‘Speeding Freight Train’ in 2018
2. Hearing Scheduled on Bill to Sunset RFS, Enact Octane Standard
3. The Freshman Farm Caucus
4. New Analysis Shows 2018 California Wildfires Emitted as Much Carbon Dioxide as an Entire Year's Worth of Electricity
5. Food Scraps Could be Turned Into Environmentally Friendly Plastic Packaging
 

 

 

 

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