Renewable Fuel Standard: Program Unlikely to Meet Production or Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets
(U.S. Government Accountability Office) The Renewable Fuel Standard aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand the nation’s renewable fuels sector through 2022. It requires that transportation fuels (such as gasoline and diesel) sold in the U.S. contain annually increasing amounts of conventional renewable fuels (such as ethanol) and advanced biofuels (such as cellulosic biofuel). Advanced biofuels can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least half compared to petroleum-based fuels.
However, we testified that it is unlikely that the goals of the RFS will be met because production of advanced biofuels is limited, as is the potential for expanding their production by 2022. READ MORE
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RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD: Program Unlikely to Meet Its Targets for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GAO-17-94: Published: Nov 28, 2016. Publicly Released: Nov 28, 2016)
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RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD: Low Expected Production Volumes Make It Unlikely That Advanced Biofuels Can Meet Increasing Targets (GAO-17-108: Published: Nov 28, 2016. Publicly Released: Nov 28, 2016)
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