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• Comments on EPA’s Proposed RFS Pathway for Biofuel Made from Jatropha

  CATF and other environmental and public health organizations push EPA to revisit its proposal to allow biofuels made from the oilseed plant jatropha curca to qualify for credits under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The comments spotlight the negative impacts of jatropha production on greenhouse gas emissions from land use change,…

  Comments November 12, 2015

• Comments on EPA’s Proposed RFS Volume Requirements for 2014-2017

  In individual and joint comments submitted to EPA on the proposed “renewable volume obligations” for the Renewable Fuel Standard, CATF urges the Agency to use its full statutory authority to reduce the RFS’s annual biofuel consumption requirements below the target levels set by Congress in 2007.

  Comments July 15, 2015

• 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

• 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

• 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

• CATF Comments to EPA Science Advisory Board’s Panel on Biogenic Carbon Emissions

  The SAB Panel on Biogenic Carbon Emissions, which advised EPA in 2012 on how to account for GHG emitted by biomass-burning facilities, was reconvened in 2015. CATF’s comments to the Panel summarize the biomass-related regulatory actions that EPA has taken since 2012 and outline principles that can be used by…

  Comments March 16, 2015