Company: VGASW
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-015480
Chunk: 63

Company: Verde Clean Fuels, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-28
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 63
---
 implement our business plan. 

Concerns regarding the environmental impact of renewable gasoline production could affect public policy which could impair our ability to operate at a profit and substantially harm our revenues and operating margins.

Under the EISA, the EPA is required to produce a report to Congress every three years of the environmental impacts associated with current and future biofuel production and use, including effects on air and water quality, soil quality and conservation, water availability, energy recovery from secondary materials, ecosystem health and biodiversity, invasive species and international impacts. The first report to Congress was completed in 2011 and provided an assessment of the environmental and resource conservation impacts associated with increased biofuel production. The second report to Congress, completed in 2018, reaffirmed the overarching conclusions of the first report. The third report to Congress was published in January 2025. Should such EPA reports, or other analyses find that biofuel production and use has resulted in, or could in the future result in, adverse environmental impacts, such findings could also negatively impact public perception and acceptance of biofuel as an alternative fuel, which also could result in the loss of political support. To the extent that state or federal laws are modified or public perception turns against biofuels or other renewable fuels, use requirements such as RFS and LCFS may not continue, which could materially impact our ability to ever operate profitably.

From time to time, we may be involved in litigation, regulatory actions or government investigations and inquiries, which could have an adverse impact on our financial results and consolidated financial position.

We may be involved in a variety of litigation, other claims, suits, regulatory actions or government investigations and inquiries and commercial or contractual disputes that, from time to time, are significant. In addition, from time to time, we may also be involved in legal proceedings and investigations arising in the normal course of business including, without limitation, commercial or contractual disputes, including warranty claims and other disputes with potential customers, former employees and suppliers, intellectual property matters, personal injury claims, environmental issues, tax matters, and employment matters. It is difficult to predict the outcome or ultimate financial exposure, if any, represented by these 

27

Table of Contents

matters, and there can be no assurance that any such exposure will not be material. Such claims may also negatively affect our reputation.

Changes in laws or regulations, or a failure to comply with any laws or regulations, may adversely affect our business, investments and results of operations.

We are subject to laws and regulations enacted by national, regional and