Hopes high for U.S. clean fuel tax credit

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Published: September 19, 2024

The clean fuels tax credit program would provide credits for the production of lower-emission transportation fuels, including sustainable aviation fuel. | Getty Images

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Reuters) — U.S. agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack says he is confident that a clean fuels tax credit program set to take effect in 2025 will be finalized by the end of U.S. president Joe Biden’s administration in January.

“I’m confident that we’re going to get ’er done,” Vilsack said at a summit in Washington, D.C., hosted by the biofuel trade group Growth Energy.

The program would provide credits for the production of lower-emission transportation fuels, including sustainable aviation fuel.

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