The Renewable Fuel Standard at 20: We Won’t Get Bio-Fooled Again!

Panel Featuring

Michael Grunwald, Bestselling Author (We Are Eating the Earth) and Columnist

Autumn Hanna, Vice President, Taxpayers for Common Sense

Philip Rossetti, Resident Senior Fellow, Energy and Environment, R Street Institute

[Moderator] Nan Swift, Resident Fellow, Governance, R Street Institute

Closing Remarks

Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

Overview

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) promised energy independence and environmental benefits for drivers who could now fill up their tanks with homegrown biofuels. But the reality has been far different: higher energy costs, polluted waterways, and little impact on greenhouse gas emissions. RFS has been a bad deal for consumers and requires significant reform or repeal. Unfortunately, Washington seems poised to expand this failed policy to other corners of the transportation world.

Join R Street Institute experts and special guests to explore how we got here, why—despite the many problems with the program—reform has been so hard, and where a biofuels mandate might strike again.

Additional Information:

• “The Cost of Renewable Fuel Incentives: A Two-Part Policy Analysis Series“—by Philip Rossetti and Nan Swift
• “The Consumer Costs and Climate Impacts of the Renewable Fuel Standard“—by Philip Rossetti
• “How the Renewable Fuel Standard Has Damaged the Environment and Burdened Taxpayers“—by Nan Swift
• “Renewable Fuel Standard: Taxpayer Perspective“—by Autumn Hanna