Oil Industry Report Ignores Climate Benefits of Biofuels

By Growth Energy

After the release of another report from API-funded biofuel critic John DeCicco, Emily Skor, CEO of Growth Energy, issued the following statement:

“Overwhelmingly, objective research demonstrates that biofuels are among the best tools we have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat the effects of climate change. The latest attacks from John DeCicco and his sponsors in the oil industry reflect the same bogus arguments they have made for years, and policymakers aren’t going to be fooled. As the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has demonstrated, ethanol is an earth-friendly biofuel that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 34 percent over its lifecycle, while advanced biofuels can reduce emissions by 100 percent or more over conventional gasoline.