Submission to the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee

The World Resources Institute (WRI) provided responses to the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee regarding the role of biofuels, specifically ethanol, in enhancing energy security and combating climate change.

• Biofuels are viewed as a potential 'win-win' because they serve as a domestic alternative to petroleum-based transport fuels and generally have lower 'tank to-wheel' emissions compared to fossil fuels.
• The actual effectiveness of biofuels in reducing emissions and fossil fuel consumption, as well as their agricultural environmental impacts, varies significantly based on the specific feedstocks and conversion processes employed.
• WRI asserts that policies intended to promote the biofuels industry in the United States must be carefully designed to minimize negative environmental and economic impacts.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). Submission to the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee. https://www.wri.org/publications/submission-senate-energy-natural-resources-committee

Chicago

World Resources Institute. Submission to the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee. n.d. https://www.wri.org/publications/submission-senate-energy-natural-resources-committee.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{worldresourcesinstitutendsubmission, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{Submission to the Senate Energy \& Natural Resources Committee}}, publisher = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/publications/submission-senate-energy-natural-resources-committee}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }