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• CATF Comments on Proposed Re-Adoption of California LCFS and ILUC Analysis

  In addition to urging the Air Resources Board to readopt California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard through 2020, CATF’s comments illustrate the analytic- and policy-related problems with ARB staff’s proposal to reduce the lifecycle GHG assessment for corn ethanol.

  Comments February 19, 2015

• Pens Down on the Clean Power Plan – Now All Eyes Turn to EPA

  On Monday at midnight, the comment period for the Administration’s Clean Power Plan closed. Over 1 million comments, including CATF’s, already have been posted on EPA’s ambitious effort to control carbon dioxide (CO2) from the nation’s largest industrial source of that pollution– the existing fossil fueled power sector. The stage…

  News & Media December 4, 2014

• Comments on EPA’s Proposed 2014 RFS Volume Requirements

  In its proposed adjustments to the RFS mandate for 2014, EPA would address the blend wall by reducing the annual volume requirements for advanced biofuels and, more significantly, for corn ethanol. CATF’s comments detail the environmental benefits of EPA’s proposal.

  Comments January 28, 2014

• Letter of Support for the Feinstein-Coburn Bill to Eliminate the Corn Ethanol Mandate

  CATF supports the Feinstein-Coburn bill in conjunction with a diverse collection of groups concerned about corn ethanol and the RFS, including environmental organizations, anti-hunger advocates, livestock and poultry producers, restaurant owners, small engine manufacturers, and others.

  Comments December 12, 2013

• 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.

  Comments July 22, 2013

• 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…

  Comments July 15, 2013

• 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…

  Comments May 24, 2013

• 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…

  Comments April 5, 2013