Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) today announced that 39 percent of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in calendar year 2019 was renewable natural gas (RNG).&nbsp;
Captured above ground from organic material in agricultural, wastewater, landfill or food waste, RNG produces carbon-neutral and even carbon-negative results when fueling on-road vehicles like short- and long-haul trucks, transit buses, and refuse and recycling collection vehicles. RNG fuel has the lowest EER-adjusted carbon intensity of any on-road motor fuel, as low as -400.1&nbsp;
Over the last five years, RNG use as a transportation fuel has increased 291 percent, displacing close to 7.5 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). NGVAmerica and RNG Coalition report that in 2019 a total of 717 million gallons (GGE)2 of natural gas were used as motor fuel. Of that, 277 million gallons (GGE) were renewable.3&nbsp;
&ldquo;RNG-fueled vehicles are the most immediate and cost-effective heavy-duty option when seeking to combat climate change and clear our air,&rdquo; said Dan Gage, President of NGVAmerica. &ldquo;Respiratory health depends on clean air, and natural gas fueled vehicles provide a proven, affordable, and easily scalable zero emission equivalent solution for commercial deployment today.&rdquo;&nbsp;
&ldquo;Renewable Natural Gas supply is growing,&rdquo; said Johannes Escudero, CEO of Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas. &ldquo;With 110 RNG production facilities transforming waste into fuel, and another 100 facilities on the way, we are increasingly able to offer consumers the opportunity to decarbonize with RNG - the cleanest of any fuel available today.&rdquo;&nbsp;
RNG motor fuel use has eliminated 7,482,936 metric tons of CO2e over the last five years. Put into perspective, RNG motor fuel is:
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&bull;Lowering greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to removing the GHG from 18,568,079,404 miles driven by the average passenger car, or from 745,676 trips around the earth;&nbsp;
&bull;Reducing CO2 emissions, equivalent to removing CO2 emission from 842,009,227 gallons of gasoline, or the total amount of fuel used annually by 63,171 transit buses; and&nbsp;
&bull;Sequestering carbon, equal to growing 123,731,931 tree seedlings for ten years, or 9,772,367 acres of U.S. forests for one year.&nbsp;
</ul>
Details of today&rsquo;s report &ndash; including graphics &ndash; can be accessed at: NGVAmerica&rsquo;s website <a href="https://www.ngvamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NGV-RNG-Decarbonize-FINAL-April-2020.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> and RNG Coalition&rsquo;s website <a href="http://www.rngcoalition.com/infographic">here</a>.&nbsp;
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Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) announced on April 20 that 39 percent of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in calendar year 2019 was renewable natural gas (RNG). 



RNG Coalition: RNG on-road fuel use continues to grow

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