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Supplementary Comments to EPA on RFS Standards for 2018 and Biomass-Based Diesel for 2019
In response to a notice of supplemental information and request for further comment, CATF and seven other organizations advise EPA to mitigate the environmental harm caused by demand for vegetable oil-based biofuels by reducing the Renewable Fuels Standard’s annual consumption requirements.
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Comments on 2018/2019 RFS Volume Proposal
Comments urging EPA to set annual biofuel consumption requirements for 2018/2019 at levels that do not worsen the environmental problems already associated with the Renewable Fuel Standard program. In particular, the comments-submitted by CATF and by a coalition of organizations-push EPA to minimize the extent to which the RFS diverts…
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Letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Opposing Expanded use of E15
CATF writes on the behalf of our millions of supporters and members urging the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works to strongly oppose any attempt to expand the use of E15 (E15 is a mixture of 85% gasoline and 15% ethanol) during the ozone season.
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Comments to EPA on Proposed Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support (REGS) Rule
In response to a series of proposed changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard, CATF urges EPA to implement CCS guidelines, reconsider the use of the short-rotation trees as an approved RFS feedstock, allocate credits to producers of biogas-derived electricity on an equitable basis, and refuse to exempt any additional biofuel…
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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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ENGO Letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack on Climate Impacts of Biomass Power
CATF and other NGOs point out multiple factual errors in Secretary Vilsack’s recent letter to UK Secretary Amber Rudd on biomass-based power and US export of wood pellets.
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Comments on 2017/2018 RFS Volume Proposal
In individual and joint comments submitted to EPA, CATF urges the Agency to ensure that annual biofuel consumption requirements for 2017 and 2018 do not exacerbate the environmental damage already attributable to the Renewable Fuel Standard program.
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Comments on Science Advisory Board’s Draft Report on EPA Biogenic CO2 Accounting Framework
CATF comments and multi-organization joint comments urging EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) to fix the discussion on “temporal scale” in the SAB draft report on EPA’s proposed framework for determining the net CO2 emissions from biomass-burning power plants.
