E&E News: “Sustainable Aviation Fuel Offers Lifeline to Ethanol, Researchers Say”
This piece discusses the findings of a new paper about sustainable aviation fuel, which was coauthored by RFF Fellow Kristen McCormack.
“A new paper offers a policy road map for expanding US production of sustainable aviation fuel—a move researchers say could cut climate pollution while offering a lifeline to ethanol producers buffeted by tariffs and the rise of electric vehicles...
The paper is far more pessimistic than an analysis released last year by the Biden administration, which predicted refiners would only slightly miss its 2030 goal of 3 billion gallons.
Implementing new policies to boost the supply of SAF could help farmers and the climate, said [RFF University Fellow and Harvard University Professor Jim] Stock, who wrote the paper with colleagues at Simon Fraser University; the University of California, Berkeley; and the think tank Resources for the Future.”
