Statewide Iowa — The head of a trade association representing the renewable fuels industry is urging lawmakers to ensure any national goals to reduce carbon emissions include ethanol and biodiesel.
Growth Energy CEO Emily Skor says the path to a clean energy future should be technology neutral.
A recent study led by a Harvard University professor found carbon emissions from corn-based ethanol are 46 percent lower than from gasoline.
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar are co-sponsoring legislation that would make a temporary USDA grant program for installing biofuel blender pumps permanent. Skor says that would be an important step.
Skor made her comments during a US Senate Ag Committee hearing about renewable energy.
