Rep. Craig Urges Biden Administration to Bolster Biofuel Usage in Sustainable Aviation Fuel Market

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representative Angie Craig is leading a bipartisan, bicameral effort to ensure that biofuels are appropriately utilized in future efforts to decarbonize the aviation industry.

Rep. Craig and her colleagues wrote to the Biden Administration’s Sustainable Aviation Fuels Lifecycle Analysis Interagency Working Group, urging a timely finalization of the Department of Energy’s update of the Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy Use in Technologies (GREET) modeling for the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) market.

Rep. Craig also pressed Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the issue during a House Agriculture Committee hearing yesterday.

“Biofuels drive economic growth, create good-paying manufacturing jobs and strengthen economies across rural America. As you continue to develop a model to determine eligibility, we ask that you take measures to permit every participant in the SAF lifecycle to appropriately participate in the carbon reduction process,” the Members wrote.

Rep. Craig’s letter was co-led by U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Thune (R-SD) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI), Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and Adrian Smith (R-NE).

Earlier this year, Rep. Craig introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to ensure that the Environmental Protection Agency’s greenhouse gas modeling would accurately reflect the environmental benefits of homegrown biofuel production.

To watch Rep. Craig’s line of questioning to Sec. Vilsack, click here.

To read Rep. Craig’s letter, click here.

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