The Biotechnology Industry Organization held a journalists roundtable on Oct. 31 to address questions and concerns regarding the U.S. EPA’s implementation of the renewable fuels standard enacted in the Energy Independence & Security Act of 2007 (RFS). The RFS will include a number of complex changes to the current RFS policy enacted in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, including the expansion of volume mandates and the establishment of three new renewable fuel categories.
Specifically the roundtable focused on one particular change – the determination of greenhouse gas (GHG) lifecycle emissions from the production of biofuels, including any indirect land use changes. It has already provoked a response from scientific experts and biofuel industry members.
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