CFDC News & Events
Statement from the Clean Fuels Development Coalition: EPA Decision to Issue RFS Waivers Bad for Public Health & The Environment
“The Administration’s decision to issue Renewable Fuel Standard waivers and therefore remove low-carbon, low-toxin biofuels is a significant step backwards and damaging to our environment and public health. Studies show that higher blends of biofuels in gasoline can reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas pollution and save Americans money at the pump. Yet, again the EPA is choosing to side with the oil industry at the expense of the health and well-being of the American people.” ~ Doug Durante, Executive Director of Clean Fuels Development Coalition
New Global Analysis by Federal and State Scientists Pinpoints Gains In Corn Field Carbon Retention
Study Also Finds Risks of Removing Crop Residues
Washington, D.C., July 22: A new analysis of the results of thousands of soil samples taken around the world has found that, on average, well-managed cornfields increased their stocks of carbon by an annual rate of .41 metric tons per hectare compared to baseline values. This has major, positive implications for corn ethanol according to CFDC analysis which indicates one acre of corn, before it is even used for ethanol, offsets the annual Co2 CO2 emissions of a conventional automobile by 1/3.
Farmers Union Enterprises Releases Gasolinegate Report
CFDC member Doug Sombke of the South Dakotata Farmers Union and Chair of Farmers Union Enterprises released a new report today providing strong evidence that the 263 million gasoline vehicles on American roadways are emitting significantly more harmful emissions than being reported, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is ignoring the dangers of toxic compounds in gasoline. Decades of petroleum industry influence over EPA has resulted in flawed testing and emissions calculations, and blocked competition from clean burning alternatives.
What’s in Our Gasoline is Killing Us
New Report Documents Connection Between Toxic Fuel Additives, Vehicle Emissions and Human Health Threats
A new report from CFDC calls emissions from consumer gasoline one of the biggest health threats facing the American public. The report links a wide range of respiratory and even neurological diseases to toxic carcinogenic compounds refiners use to increase octane in gasoline.
The new Fact Book entitled What’s in Our Gasoline Is Killing Us: Mobile Source Air Toxics and The Threat to Public Health is the result of research and review of hundreds of studies and medical and technical reports.
Urban Air Initiative Study Shows Positive Emissions from Higher Blends
April, 2019: A new study commissioned by CFDC partner organization Urban Air Initiative (UAI) confirms that higher ethanol blends can provide significant emission benefits to standard automobiles. The study was conducted by the University of North Carolina and focused on splash blending ethanol to reach a 27% blend. The fuel was tested under real world driving conditions and lowered particulate matter, CO2, and Carbon monoxide emissions.
CFDC Leads Broad Based Group Calling for High Octane Fuels
The CFDC was joined by a number of prominent organizations as we submitted comments to the US EPA on the SAFE Rule in which we called for a transition to Higher Octane Fuels. Clean burning, low carbon ethanol is a low-cost source of octane that would enable automakers...
Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Rule Offers Great Opportunity for Higher Ethanol Blends
Ethanol Supporters Urged to Submit Comments to EPA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation (NHTSA) have asked for comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would set new efficiency and emission standards...
Making America Great Again Starts with the States
By CFDC member Dave VanderGriend, President, Urban Air Initiative, Ethanol Producer Magazine — With the clock ticking on the Renewable Fuel Standard and demand being destroyed through bureaucratic action, the ethanol industry seems to once again be at a...
CFDC Calls on EPA to Uphold RVOs and Address Regulatory Obstacles
Published in the Governors' Biofuels Coalition Newsletter, August 21, 2018 — Washington, D.C. August 18, 2018: In comments submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Clean Fuels Development Coalition (CFDC) said the agency needs to not only uphold...
With Friends Like This…
By CFDC Member, Doug Sombke, President, South Dakota Farmers Union, Ethanol Producer Magazine — The news we get out of Washington these days lies somewhere between incredible and laughable, particularly with our Environmental Protection Agency. There is no precedent...
Durante and Governor Ben Nelson of Nebraska.