[From Green Car Congress:] EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson today proposed a Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program designed to double the US
use of renewable fuels such as ethanol and biodiesel.
A new study by consultancy Roland Berger defines an integrated roadmap for European road transport decarbonization to 2030 and beyond; the current regulatory framework for vehicle emissions, carbon intensity of fuels and
use of renewable fuels covers only up to 2020/2021.
The White House is expected to issue goals soon for the country's
use of renewable fuels during 2014 and its coming under pressure from the biofuels industry and some Democratic...
EPA continues to support
greater use of renewable fuels within the transportation sector every year through the RFS2 program, which encourages innovation, strengthens American energy security, and decreases greenhouse gas pollution.
Notably, his program appropriately includes steps to
increase use of renewable fuels, develop a smart power grid, and to that often - forgotten best solution: «Deploy the Cheapest, Cleanest, Fastest Energy SourceEnergy Efficiency.»
A new study by consultancy Roland Berger defines an integrated roadmap for European road transport decarbonization to 2030 and beyond; the current regulatory framework for vehicle emissions, carbon intensity of fuels and
use of renewable fuels covers only up to 2020/2021.
In a simultaneous announcement, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rules for carrying out a 2007 law that requires a threefold increase in
the use of renewable fuels, reaching 36 billion gallons by 2022.
Ford Motor Co. and a coalition of organizations in Minnesota have added more than 40 E85 fueling stations in the Twin Cities to support clean air and
the use of renewable fuels.
The world's biggest producer of carbon emissions is seeking to boost
the use of renewable fuels as smog has blanketed cities from Shanghai to Beijing, forcing factories and schools to close and intensifying pressure on public officials to cut pollution.
«I will propose a plan to jumpstart a new era of statewide availability and
use of renewable fuels... It will spur the development of efficient hybrid vehicles that can actually be plugged in at home.»
The directives seem to forget that
the use of renewable fuels are not the only way to reduce CO2 emissions and make the transport sector cleaner / greener.
- The directives seem to forget that
the use of renewable fuels are not the only way to reduce CO2 emissions and make the transport sector cleaner / greener.
Mandating
the use of renewable fuels has, thus far, been a failed experiment; the lack of commercial - scale cellulosic biofuels plants in the U.S. has left it unclear if even a drop of cellulosic biofuel was blended into the fuel supply in 2011.
The study used high - resolution satellite images to identify where cropland expanded between 2008 and 2012, the four years following the passage of the Renewable Fuel Standard, which mandates
the use of renewable fuels including biofuels.
Barack Obama's Record Renewable Fuels: Obama has worked on numerous efforts in the Senate to increase access to and
use of renewable fuels.