TagFarm To Fly Act(6)
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2024-05-08Farm To Fly: Greenwashing at your expense
Proposal would subsidize farmers to grow crops to create aviation fuel The Farm To Fly Act is the most basic reason STNI has never endorsed so-called sustainable aviation fuels. In theory, aviation fuels created exclusively from scrap biomass may pollute less and might create fewer greenhouse gases than fossil fuels. However, the amount of such available material -
2024-05-08Farm to Fly Act – Legislative Overview
The Farm to Fly Act is a proposed piece of U.S. legislation aimed at promoting Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) by expanding their eligibility within USDA bioenergy programs, encouraging federal agency collaboration, and establishing a standardized definition of SAF. The bill seeks to create new markets for American farmers by connecting agricultural crops and biomass to aviation fuel production, while also boosting rural economic development and domestic energy security. It is backed by a broad coalition of agricultural organizations, renewable fuel producers, and major U.S. airlines. -
Airlines, farm groups urge crop-based aviation fuel in farm bill
By Marc Heller | 04/24/2024 01:40 PM EDT Organizations asked Agriculture Committee leaders in Congress to include incentives for sustainable aviation fuel in the upcoming farm bill. Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) is leading legislation on sustainable aviation fuel that groups want included in the farm bill. Francis Chung/POLITICO Commercial airlines and biofuel industry groups pressed key lawmakers Wednesday -
2024-04-24Letter to House and Senate Agriculture Committee Leadership on Sustainable Aviation Fuel and the Farm to Fly Act
In April 2024, a broad coalition of aviation, agriculture, and biofuel organizations wrote to House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders urging them to include sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) provisions in the Farm Bill. The letter specifically supports the Farm to Fly Act, which would expand USDA energy programs to recognize SAF feedstocks from American farms, promote collaboration between agriculture and aviation sectors, and establish a common emissions measurement standard. The signatories argue this would benefit U.S. farmers, rural economies, and the aviation industry's goal of producing 3 billion gallons of SAF by 2030. -
2024-04-24
Letter to House and Senate Agriculture Committee Leadership on Sustainable Aviation Fuel and the Farm to Fly Act
In April 2024, a broad coalition of aviation, agriculture, and biofuel organizations wrote to House and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders urging them to include sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) provisions in the Farm Bill. The letter specifically supports the Farm to Fly Act, which would expand USDA energy programs to recognize SAF feedstocks from American farms, promote collaboration between agriculture and aviation sectors, and establish a common emissions measurement standard. The signatories argue this would benefit U.S. farmers, rural economies, and the aviation industry's goal of producing 3 billion gallons of SAF by 2030. -
2023-11-07Farm to Fly Act of 2023 (H.R. 6271)
The Farm to Fly Act of 2023 (H.R. 6271) is a U.S. House bill introduced in November 2023 that updates agricultural law definitions to formally include sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) within USDA bioenergy programs. The bill aims to expand the domestic supply of cleaner aviation fuel by supporting American farmers and agricultural feedstocks as key sources for SAF production. It recognizes the partnership between the agricultural and aviation sectors as a means to boost rural economic development and domestic energy security.