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• Comments on the Draft Notification on Air Emission Standards for Coal-Based Thermal Power Plants

  The Clean Air Task Force welcomes the initiative of Prime Minister Modi’s government to release the proposed Air Emission Standards for Coal-Based Thermal Power Plants by the Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change.

  Comments July 14, 2015

• Regulation Works

  A look at how science, advocacy and good regulations combined to reduce power plant pollution and public health impacts; with a focus on states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

  Reports & Papers July 13, 2015

• Comments to OMB on EPA’s Proposed Treatment of Biomass in the CPP

  Comments from CATF and thirteen other organizations to the White House Office of Management and Budget concerning EPA’s Clean Power Plan, alerting OMB to environmental and legal problems associated with EPA’s proposed treatment of carbon dioxide emissions from biomass combustion.

  Comments June 23, 2015

• The Feasibility of CNG Trucking in Little Missouri National Grassland in Western North Dakota

  Fact Sheet June 1, 2015

• Comments on California ARB’s ILUC Review

  In response to the California Air Resource Board’s ongoing review of indirect land use change (ILUC) emissions and their effect on the carbon intensity calculations for biofuels, CATF shared its analyses of recent studies that examine water availability, yields, and other key factors that influence ILUC.

  Comments May 19, 2015

• Comments on EPA’s Proposed RFS Pathway for Brassica Carinata Biofuels

  In response to EPA’s proposed determination that fuels made from the oilseed crop brassica carinata can qualify as “advanced biofuels” under the Renewable Fuel Standard, CATF comments focus on several problematic assumptions in the Agency’s lifecycle GHG emissions analysis.

  Comments May 16, 2015

• Letter to Senators Describing the RFS’s Negative Impact of Environment and Food Security

  In a letter sent to eleven US senators, the Clean Air Task Force, Environmental Working Group, ActionAid USA, and Oxfam America detail the Renewable Fuel Standard’s negative impact on both the environment and global food security, and urge the senators to reform the policy.

  Comments May 15, 2015

• The Role of Energy Intensity in Global Decarbonization Efforts: How Fast? Is it Possible?

  Avoiding extreme or dangerous climate change will likely require the nearly complete decarbonization of the global energy system during this century, with 50-90% reductions in global CO2 emissions by 2050 (GEA, 2012; IPCC, 2014; Loftus et al., 2015).

  Fact Sheet March 27, 2015