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RFA White Papers

The Best of Both Worlds: Environmental and Economic Benefits of a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Flex Fuel Vehicle

June 2024

Ethanol Is Making Gasoline More Affordable as the Summer Driving Season Begins

May 2024

E15 Sales Set Another Record in 2023 But Are at Risk Again This Summer

April 2024

Record E85 Sales Saved California Drivers $99 Million, Cut GHG Emissions by 370,000 MT in 2023

March 2024

Ag Census Confirms Cropland Decline, Adoption of Environmental Practices

February 2024

Ethanol: A Low-Cost Solution Available Today to Help Countries Meet Their COP Climate Commitments

November 2023

The Renewable Fuel Standard Shattered the “Blend Wall” for Ethanol

November 2023

The Arab Oil Embargo and Ethanol: 50 Years Later

October 2023

E15 Sales Surged This Summer but Remain Threatened by Obsolete Restrictions

October 2023

Ethanol Is Turning Down the Heat on Labor Day Gasoline Prices

August 2023

Comparing prices for lower-RVP gasoline to prices for conventional gasoline in adjacent markets

August 2023

Understanding the Differences Between the DOE Argonne GREET Method and ICAO Method for ETJ SAF Carbon Accounting

July 2023

The Energy Transition – How RFA Members Are Driving Progress Toward Net-Zero Carbon Emissions

June 2023

E15 Price Trends from January 2022 to early April 2023

April 2023

OPEC+ Production Cut Expected To Drive Up Gasoline Prices, but Higher Ethanol Blends Can Help

April 2023

E15 Sales Surpassed 1 Billion Gallons in 2022, but Are at Risk Again This Summer Due to Regulatory Uncertainty

April 2023

2022 U.S. Ethanol Exports & Imports Statistical Summary

February 2023

2022 U.S. Distillers Grains Exports & Imports Statistical Summary

February 2023

Columbia Economist Wrong on Ethanol’s Benefits

November 2022

E15 Extended Gasoline Supplies at a Critical Time This Summer and Saved Americans Millions at the Pump

October 2022

The Truth About Ethanol and Carbon Emissions

October 2022

GAO Spotlights Ethanol Production as Prime Carbon Capture Opportunity

October 2022

Data Show Drivers Flocking to E15, E85 Amidst Record Gas Prices

August 2022

The Truth About the Renewable Fuel Standard and Gasoline Prices

June 2022

Oil Refineries Continue Attacks on the RFS While Enjoying Record Profit Margins

May 2022

E15 Fact Check: Separating Fact from Fiction on the E15 Emergency Waiver

April 2022

Corn Ethanol's Energy Balance Continues to Improve

April 2022

E15 Sales Surge to New Record in 2021, but Are at Risk Going Forward Due to Regulatory Uncertainty

April 2022

Final Rebuttal to PNAS Report: “Environmental outcomes of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard” (Lark et al.)

April 2022

Corn Ethanol's Energy Balance Continues to Improve

April 2022

Ethanol: Saving Drivers Money at the Pump

February 2022

Preliminary Rebuttal to PNAS Report: “Environmental outcomes of the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard” (Lark et al.)

February 2022

What Drives Retail Gasoline Prices? Not Renewable Fuel Standard RINs

September 2021

Potential Economic Impacts to the U.S. Ethanol Industry from the D.C. Circuit Court Decision on E15

August 2021

The Truth About RINs

June 2021

The California LCFS and Ethanol: A Decade of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

May 2021

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impacts of Small Refinery Exemptions under the RFS

January 2021

Impact of COVID-19 on the Ethanol Industry

December 2020

The Renewable Fuel Standard: 15 Years of Fueling Innovation

August 2020

The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Ethanol Industry, July 2020 Update

July 2020

The Economic Impact of COVID-19 on the Ethanol Industry

April 2020

Examining the Impact of Gasoline and Diesel Demand Loss on Actual 2020 RFS Blending Requirements

March 2020

Small Refinery Exemptions Reduced 2018 Ethanol Consumption and Blend Rate

March 2020

E15 Sales Surge After Removal of Regulatory Barrier, But RFS Refiner Exemptions Limit Expansion

February 2020

The Impact of the Idling and Closure of Ethanol Production Facilities on Local Corn Prices

September 2019

Evidence of Demand Destruction from Small Refiner Exemptions

August 2019

Drivers of Gasoline Prices in 2019

April 2019

The Impact of Small Refinery Exemptions on Ethanol Demand

November 2018

Declaring Independence from Imported Petroleum: Ethanol Saves American Drivers Billion in Gasoline Expenses

July 2018

E-Blog: More Evidence of EPA-Induced Ethanol Demand Destruction

May 2018

E-Blog: Demand Destruction Part 2? Allowing Exports to Count Toward RFS Compliance

May 2018

E-Blog: This is “Economic Hardship”?

May 2018

Ethanol is Saving American Drivers at Least $39 Billion in Gasoline Expenses

May 2018

E-Blog: Early Evidence of EPA-Induced Demand Destruction

April 2018

EPA Actions on the RFS Are Destroying Demand For Ethanol and Corn

April 2018

EPA Data Showing Small Refiner Exemptions Cut RFS Obligations

March 2018

2017 U.S. Ethanol Exports and Imports: Statistical Summary

February 2018

2017 U.S. Distillers Grains Exports and Imports: Statistical Summary

February 2018

Response to “US Cropland Expansion Released 115 Million Tons of Carbon (2008-2012)” by Seth A. Spawn et al. (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

November 2017

New Statistical Analysis: No Relationship Between the RIN Credits and Retail Gasoline Prices

October 2017

USDA Data Show Cropland Reductions in Counties with Ethanol Plants from 1997-2012

April 2017

Ethanol Consumption Breaks Through the “Blend Wall” in 2016

April 2017

2016 U.S. Ethanol Exports and Imports: Statistical Summary (with Archives)

February 2017

U.S. Ethanol Co-product Exports and Imports: Statistical Summary 2016 (with Archives)

February 2017

How Corn Farmers and Ethanol Producers Helped Deliver Trump’s Historic Win

January 2017

Response to “Carbon Balance Effects of U.S. Biofuel Production and Use” by Prof. John Decicco et al.

August 2016

As California LCFS Reaches Halfway Mark, Grain Ethanol Provides Half of Carbon Credits But Compliance Challenges Lie Ahead

April 2016

Re-examining Corn Ethanol's Energy Balance Ratio

March 2016

2015 U.S. Ethanol Co-product Exports and Imports: Statistical Summary

February 2016

2015 U.S. Ethanol Exports and Imports: Statistical Summar

February 2016

Questions & Answers about Ethanol, Energy Subsidies, and the Renewable Fuel Standard

January 2016

Automakers Explicitly Approving the Use of E15 in Owners’ Manuals and/or Warranty Statements for Conventional (Non-FFV) Automobiles

December 2015

GHG Emission Reductions Due to the RFS2

November 2015

Comparing the Carbon Intensity of Corn Ethanol and Petroleum: Past, Present, and Future

September 2015

RFS Flexibility Provisions

September 2015

Celebrating Ten Years of the Renewable Fuel Standard

August 2015

2014 U.S. Ethanol Exports and Imports Statistical Summary

February 2015

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