20 advanced biofuel companies write to California ARB over proposed indirect land-use change regulation

In California, more than 20 advanced biofuel companies, plus key California-based researchers and investors, wrote to the California Air Resources Board regarding the Draft Regulation for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which they said indirectly would discriminate against biofuels. The letter said  that the biofuels supports research on the effect of indirect land use changes, but said that no robust model has been yet developed to measure indirect land use changes.

Spearheaded by Brooke Coleman of the New Fuels Alliance, the letter says “The biofuels industry is firm in its commitment to produce sustainable fuels. But we are equally adamant that renewable fuels be subjected to the same regulatory standard as other fuels participating in the LCFS. As it stands today, biofuels are held to a higher standard than all other fuels, including oil.”

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