Full Title: Renewable Fuel Standard Assessment White Paper: Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Other Environmental Impacts
Author(s): House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Publisher(s): House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Publication Date: May 1, 2013
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Description (excerpt):
The Committee on Energy and Commerce is issuing a series of white papers as the first step in reviewing the renewable fuel standard (RFS). It has been more than five years since the RFS was last revised, and there is now a wealth of actual implementation experience with its use. In some respects, the RFS has unfolded as expected, but in others it has not. Several implementation challenges have emerged that received little if any consideration prior to passage of EISA. Furthermore, the overall energy landscape has changed since 2007. It is time to undertake an assessment of the RFS.
For this reason, the committee is initiating a series of white papers setting out a number of emerging issues with the RFS. Each white paper will provide an overview of an issue and solicit input from interested stakeholders in the form of answers to questions posed. This, the third white paper, addresses the greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts associated with the RFS.