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A Decade of Futility: The Renewable Fuel Standard, 2007-2017
Ten years ago, on December 19, 2007, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) into law and thus expanding the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS was not only sold as a policy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase energy security, but also…
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Biofuels, Indirect Land Use Change, and Global Warming Emissions
When the Renewable Fuel Standard, a biofuel consumption mandate, creates demand in the United States for ethanol and biodiesel, the agricultural sector responds by growing more of the crops that can be used to make biofuel—crops like corn and soybeans.
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Corn Butanol: Economics and Performance of Gevo’s Technology
Butanol made from corn starch poses many of the same climate threats associated with corn ethanol.
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Comments to New York City on a Proposal to Mandate the Use of Biodiesel as a Heating Fuel
CATF letter detailing how the enactment of a proposed biodiesel mandate could result in increased net GHG emissions from city buildings.
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CATF Comments to House E&C Committee on RFS Climate Impacts
CATF comments to the Energy & Commerce Committee on the GHG emissions from the RFS corn ethanol mandate, the possibility of future emission increases from proposed RFS implementation strategies, and the steps that EPA or Congress can take to avoid those emissions increases going forward.
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Clean Air Task Force Comments in Response to EPA’s Third Triennial Report to Congress
Clean Air Task Force offered comments in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s draft document titled, “Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft).”
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CATF Comments on EPA’s 2020/2021 RFS Volume Proposal
Comments by CATF to EPA highlighting the environmental damage associated with the production of RFS-mandated conventional biofuels.
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CATF comments on biomass and BSER in ACE proposal
CATF and three other organizations oppose the use of biomass co-firing as a compliance option for reducing GHG from coal-fired power plants under EPA’s proposed “Affordable Clean Energy” Rule.
