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• Why Wait Until 2016 to Reform the RFS?

  Will the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) matter in the 2016 elections? Should the next president reform or end the current policy? The National Journal recently posed these questions to its Energy & Environment Expert Insiders.

  News & Media March 13, 2015

• 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

• Corn Butanol: Economics and Performance of Gevo’s Technology

  Butanol made from corn starch poses many of the same climate threats associated with corn ethanol.

  Reports & Papers September 26, 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

• The Status of Algal Biofuel Development

  Reports & Papers July 1, 2013