CFDC News & Events

CFDC joined with more than two dozen agriculture and ethanol groups urging President Biden to direct EPA to increase the minimum octane standard in gasoline. Raising octane with ethanol displaces toxic compounds refiners use and would allow automakers to increase mileage while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The Clean Fuels Development Coalition called the pending revision of the nation’s fuel economy rules one of the most immediate and tangible actions the Biden Administration can take to address a range of issues impacting climate, health, and economic challenges. In a letter congratulating incoming Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, CFDC called for the “Repeal & Replace” of the SAFE rule and cited an Amicus Brief supporting increased octane and toxic controls.

CFDC applauded the recent report by the state of Nebraska on the positive results from the state’s year long test of 30% ethanol blends in non flex fuel vehicles. The objective was “to determine adaptability, economic feasibility, and environmental impact of using E30” and according to Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, the final report on the demonstration indicates positive results on all counts.

CFDC joined with several other organizations to sign on to an Amicus Brief filed by the National Farmers Union challenging the rollback of fuel economy standards. The Brief argues that by failing to establish meaningful reductions the rule preserves entrenched petroleum industry interests at the expense of public health and the renewable fuel industry. The net effect of the Rule will be to increase the overall emissions from the US transportation industry and delay and disincentivize development and adoption of renewable fuels and cleaner, more efficient vehicles in exchange for claimed short-term cost savings, based on vague and dubious cost-benefit analyses and consumer preference assumptions.

Recognizing his many decades of ethanol advocacy and policy work, Doug Durante received the 2020 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop’s High Octane Award, selected by a committee of past award recipients. A profile of Doug and the work of the CFDC is in a feature article in Ethanol Producer Magazine.

The widespread introduction of electric vehicles as a means of reducing carbon emissions presents a far greater challenge than the public is being led to believe, according to new research by the CFDC.

This conclusion is presented in Reality EV, a new Issue Brief released here this week. Reality EV’s research explains the consumer/taxpayer, infrastructure, and environmental constraints single fuel source electric vehicles (EVs) must overcome.

Issue Brief principal author Burl Haigwood of CFDC said this research is not intended to dismiss the potential contribution of EVs but rather to put them in perspective.  In doing so it makes it critical to recognize the role biofuels can play to provide much more immediate and quantifiable benefits.

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Washington, D.C., October 10, 2019: The Clean Fuels Development Coalition (CFDC) today applauded the efforts of a disbanded EPA advisory panel on particulate pollution as they reconvene to continue their work, despite the lack of government support.

With a focus on particulate matter, the group of distinguished researchers, scientists, and other experts has expressed concerns over inadequate particulate controls, particularly from fossil fuels. CFDC responded to a call for comments by urging the group to recognize the critical role gasoline emissions play as the predominant source of ultrafine pm.