Under Pressure To Revise Estimates, EPA Mulls Lifecycle Biofuel GHGs

As EPA comes under growing pressure to increase its estimates of how much greenhouse gas emissions biofuels save over their lifetime, the agency is holding consultations that could result in changes that may boost programs encouraging biofuels use such as the renewable fuel standard (RFS), which are now limited by current GHG estimates. EPA held a virtual workshop on biofuels’ lifecycle GHG emissions Feb. 28 and March 1, during which officials and a host of experts weighed different techniques to...