In Texas, Farm Progress reported that Representatives Jasmine Crockett, D- Texas, and Max Millier, R- Ohio, filed a bill with the aim of increasing federal support for sustainable aviation fuel.
The Farm to Fuselage Act aims to help sustainable aviation fuel producers receive more equitable payouts from USDA. It would also eliminate regulations that dissuade farmers from growing sustainable fuel feedstock on otherwise fallow land, according to the report.
It would also mandate bio-based USDA education programs include information on sustainable aviation fuels and remove hurdles to farmers receiving Biomass Crop Assistance Program funds for feedstock.
“Farmers are feeling the effects of unprecedented drought conditions,” Crockett said. “Workers in every sector are experiencing harms to their health, and are even dying, because of this heat. In response, many airlines are making commendable commitments to transition to sustainable aviation fuel, but to do that we have got to address two big hurdles.”
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