PRESS RELEASE: Stronger Labeling Laws Step in Right Direction to Reform Ethanol Mandate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Reps. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) and Lois Frankel (D-Fla.) held a press conference today on their legislation, the Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency Act of 2018 (H.R. 5855), which requires the Environmental Protection Agency to increase gasoline labeling and outreach to the public on how to safely use fuel containing more than […]
PRESS RELEASE: White House Waives Clean Air Act Protections, OKs Sale of More Ethanol in Gasoline
Washington, D.C. (May 8, 2018) — The Trump Administration announced it would waive Clean Air Act protections and allow the sale of gasoline with 15 percent ethanol (E15) across the United States—a move that the National Wildlife Federation strongly opposes. Below is an on-the-record statement from David DeGennaro, agriculture policy specialist with the National Wildlife […]
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation Groups Champion Bill to Reform Biofuel Mandate
Bill invests more than $11 billion to reverse impacts of mandate, puts forth solutions to protect drinking water, restore wildlife habitat, and confront climate change. WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 8, 2018)—Seeking to break through the deadlocked discussions between oil interests and the corn ethanol industry, conservation groups signaled their strong support for bills introduced today in […]
BRIEFING: Conservation Groups Champion Bill to Reform Biofuel Mandate
Today, March 8, 2018, National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Collin O’Mara joined members of Congress and other conservation advocates to announce a new bill to reform the federal ethanol mandate. Representative Peter Welch and Senator Tom Udall introduced the GREENER Fuels Act, which would help prevent habitat loss, fund private land protection and restoration, […]
Report: U.S. Biofuel Mandate Driving International Deforestation
A new investigative report, “Burned: Deception, Deforestation, and America’s Biodiesel Policy,” by Mighty Earth and ActionAid USA look at the U.S. biofuel mandate’s role in driving massive international deforestation. The report finds that the U.S. biofuel mandate, or Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)– which requires increasing biofuel consumption through 2022– has driven Argentina to increase soy-based […]
10 Years Later, Renewable Fuel Standard Fails to Live up to Environmental Promises
This is a story of unintended consequences. Ten years ago President George W. Bush signed into law the Renewable Fuel Standard, a federal program created to advance a number of national priorities: reducing energy dependence on foreign countries, raising farm incomes, and curbing levels of climate pollution emitted by fossil fuels. Indeed, the Energy Independence […]
NWF: Trump Administration Embraces Same Flawed Ethanol Policy
Final rule from EPA continues full-steam-ahead approach on environmentally damaging fuel WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to today’s final rule from the Environmental Protection Agency establishing the mandated volumes of corn ethanol and other biofuels in next year’s gasoline supply, National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Collin O’Mara issued the following statement: “The Trump Administration’s […]
New Research: Ethanol Mandate Contributing to Climate Change
Massive conversion of habitat to cropland has led to release of climate-disrupting pollution equivalent to 20 million additional cars on the road per year FORT WORTH, TEXAS – Amid record-setting wild fires out West, recent climate assessment sounding the alarm about threats from rising global temperatures, and data showing 2017 will be one of the hottest years on record, new […]
U.S. House Members Ask EPA Chief Pruitt to Fix Ethanol Mandate
On November 7th, 2017 more than 60 members of the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, urging him to fix the broken corn ethanol mandate. Here’s an on-the-record statement from Collin O’Mara, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation: “Fixing the ethanol mandate is essential if we are […]
Wildlife Win for Protecting Monarch Butterfly Habitat
We/you spoke up, and Congress listened! A Senate committee was headed for a crucial vote next week on S. 517, a bill that would have weakened clean air protections and harmed wildlife and water. Conservation voices like the National Wildlife Federation and our affiliates around the country rose up to say, “Enough is enough.” Our […]
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