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Comments on Proposed RFS Pathway for Corn Butanol
CATF, in conjunction with ActionAid, EWG, FOE, NRDC, NWF, and Sierra Club, urges EPA to withdraw a proposal that would allow butanol made from corn starch to qualify as an “advanced biofuel” under the RFS. By increasing the amount of corn that can be used to make biofuel, EPA’s proposal…
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The Status of Algal Biofuel Development
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CATF Response to House Energy & Commerce Committee White Paper on Climate and Environment
As part of its bipartisan review of the RFS, the House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee issued a white paper on GHG emissions and other environmental impacts associated with the policy. CATF provided the Committee with analysis of the GHG emissions from RFS-mandated biofuels, recommendations that EPA or Congress…
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CATF Response to House Energy & Commerce White Paper on RFS Blend Wall
In March 2013, the House of Representatives House Energy & Commerce Committee began a bipartisan review of the RFS by issuing a white paper on the challenges associated with the ethanol “blend wall.” The Committee sought feedback on a series of topics, including whether the blend wall problem should be…
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Comments on EPA’s Proposed 2013 RFS Volume Requirements
The Clean Air Act allows EPA to reduce the RFS volume requirements for “advanced fuels” and total renewable fuels whenever it downsizes the annual cellulosic biofuel requirement. CATF’s comments explain that EPA needs to take this step in order to avoid further increases in the climate-harming production of corn ethanol…
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Corn Ethanol GHG Emissions Under Various RFS Implementation Scenarios
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Corn Stover and the Pace of Cellulosic Ethanol Commercialization
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CATF Comments Urging EPA to Waive the Corn Portion of the RFS
In the midst of the worst drought in decades, CATF submitted comments with ActionAid, Friends of the Earth, and Environmental Working Group urging EPA to waive the portion of the RFS mandate that can be met using corn ethanol in 2012-2013. ActionAid’s report on the financial cost that the US…
