A pyrrhic victory is a win that comes at such a great cost that it is effectively a defeat. Advocates for sustainable aviation fuel may have just earned such a victory.

Nestled in the federal reconciliation bill was a bipartisan biofuels tax provision: It changes how we count emissions from crop-based fuels, including those used for sustainable aviation fuel — the linchpin of the airline sector’s decarbonization strategy.

At first blush, this change looks like a windfall for those invested in getting sustainable aviation fuels off the ground, including the public officials and industry leaders here in Minnesota working to position the state at the forefront of this effort. In reality, it’s a rebuke of science that undermines public trust and threatens the credibility of sustainable aviat

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