This week, Growth Energy&nbsp;<a href="http://links.growthenergy.org/u/click?_t=fb583857d0d94a91b0dc43212296c392&amp;_m=a821319d09a6467283beb16ee732f19d&amp;_e=Xv_xnD5vpW58ujCsJ1-DsVrKH5eGkIxc3GgGfJvOJJeyp3d3tsFQdgEphIrLDD7nze0CvVkuZzUl3Y7pnThZkxdzJlwnEnIT4o16CXw28znbBwfv5xPJDwgkT0aNW6pclFWIh_RlZNfS9ueeFfTPIw_lzY9PruYzoWQtjKY8U7oAnK5bSSVgRC10TIiqjbeGWZvUTB30HuxOncCv7jqRZPnanotKTP34yK1IEiTNCYAr9vvRxTUkZSkVo10J-KvazsvBjE5oewU_VTrmCx-ZWoUL5mif6Evb7Ei3SyV-jdyt6u4yPyCtb7G4-nF1b6_Tj-ELiTsXRwBZW0Zc_7ujEXeo6h3qzjBp_tUTus17qKVxKTkai8P0tOWOejjJQZAD">submitted comments</a>&nbsp;to the California Air Resources Board following a July 15th&nbsp;<a href="http://links.growthenergy.org/u/click?_t=fb583857d0d94a91b0dc43212296c392&amp;_m=a821319d09a6467283beb16ee732f19d&amp;_e=Xv_xnD5vpW58ujCsJ1-DsZEqkpoUsI4evSoJL7q0Dllr2nIWBH16foQhoYoP-QwKhtNKKHXMjCdtwYHSYgv2GR2WtiEsFDg_Jmle4yw2FtvvDaw8os0DLwHk9dQ23spDy59i313_jW7Mhjp-opBR_5Y8bAB0z1LY-ROWs0xr1KD_R7SvsMMyonCdZ80pvu-Eu8mbSQ4w5XMCs0CEBgrfTvwnhhoYUWIqv47jzSZcooPLZ-dVAaue1bcOjD_JdsJgp1Y5JsUr7xKz_BHsYDwIBftDAk9Lh3nun5GQq_hMne3icNvI4756-zpWYG9JvLqtYQW3gC9MjhSLmhKbGsLOcsy_NFIY2HIHjJA9j9QyXs0%3D">workshop on Fuels and Infrastructure for a Carbon Neutral Economy</a>. In his written submission, Growth Energy Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Chris Bliley urged CARB to expand the use of higher biofuel blends to make California&rsquo;s fuel mix more environmentally sustainable.
&ldquo;[H]igher&nbsp;ethanol blends can be immediately deployed in existing vehicles to achieve immediate greenhouse gas reductions, reduce harmful air toxics, and reduce consumer costs at the pump,&rdquo; wrote Bliley.
Bliley&nbsp;also cited California&rsquo;s past success reducing emissions with biofuels under the state&rsquo;s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)&nbsp;policy.
&ldquo;In fact, biofuels like ethanol have generated more than 75 percent of&nbsp;LCFS&nbsp;credits,&rdquo;&nbsp;he wrote.&nbsp;&ldquo;Additionally, even with room to further improve greenhouse gas lifecycle modeling, CARB recognizes the significant improvement in ethanol&rsquo;s carbon intensity.&rdquo;
With higher ethanol blends, Bliley added, CARB could achieve deeper carbon reductions while protecting air quality.
&ldquo;As has been researched by the University of California-Riverside and the University of Illinois-Chicago, the use of more ethanol and ethanol-blended fuel reduces air toxics such as carbon monoxide, benzene, and other harmful particulates,&rdquo;&nbsp;noted&nbsp;Bliley.
To take advantage of these opportunities, Bliley urged CARB to press ahead on&nbsp;its&nbsp;evaluation&nbsp;of&nbsp;E15 and promote the continued expansion of E85.
<a href="http://links.growthenergy.org/u/click?_t=fb583857d0d94a91b0dc43212296c392&amp;_m=a821319d09a6467283beb16ee732f19d&amp;_e=Xv_xnD5vpW58ujCsJ1-DsVrKH5eGkIxc3GgGfJvOJJeyp3d3tsFQdgEphIrLDD7nze0CvVkuZzUl3Y7pnThZkxdzJlwnEnIT4o16CXw28znbBwfv5xPJDwgkT0aNW6pclFWIh_RlZNfS9ueeFfTPI_Xtjw52yeSAF_6jZQUHk9pb3jnWdeQv59hLhU2IrV5JBjX85-Ku_YOxCoWO_0NDKcmjHDBU11BWzLgr3g6kORWeLX1pp6AN5V_vj5kTgLPe4lvAcnxGTgbv1rTwLoOcm-hmU6vREpppq44UfSz59Qpd2eRU7YIpAdVtQFASW6e79_OTwafzPnlHoL850jWu5TLOTOsolFxQ-EROIl57Q-B7HOrUxz0mMF1kUAcUkChw">Read Growth Energy&rsquo;s full comments to CARB here.&nbsp;</a>
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Growth Energy has submitted comments to the California Air Resources Board following a July 15th workshop on Fuels and Infrastructure for a Carbon Neutral Economy. The comments encourage the expanded use of higher biofuel blends.

Growth Energy encourages California to embrace more biofuels

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