CFDC News & Events
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...
The ‘Octane Olive Branch’ is Full of Thorns
By CFDC's Douglas Durante, Opinion Contributor, The Hill, July 8, 2018 — With a final rule on fuel economy likely to come out in the near future, a considerable amount of attention has centered on higher octane fuels as a pathway to increased efficiency in...
Fuel Economy Rules: Someone is Listening
By CFDC's Douglas Durante, Biofuels Digest — The Digest The recent announcement that the Trump Administration was taking another look at Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards was a welcome reality check for what is a complex and multi-layered issue. There...
Durante and Governor Ben Nelson of Nebraska.