NAS Launches Study To Refine Lifecycle GHG Reviews Of Biofuels

A National Academy of Sciences (NAS) panel is publicly launching a study to refine lifecycle greenhouse gas analysis (LCA) practices, a crucial issue for determining which biofuels or other low-carbon fuels should be encouraged or required under various federal and state low-carbon fuels programs. Among the topics NAS will review are continuing uncertainties in LCA analysis, factoring “co-products” of low-carbon fuels into such accounting, and possibilities for facilitating cooperation across multiple fuels programs. The issues surfaced during a June 1...