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Vilsack, Chu, Jackson to announce EPA ruling tomorrow on indirect land use change, RFS
In Washington, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson will hold a conference call to brief reporters on President Obama’s commitment to advance biofuels research and commercialization and to unveil a notice of proposed rulemaking on the Renewable Fuel Standard.
The EPA ruling has been expected [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “the inclusion of indirect land use change measurements and methodology – may discourage investment in continued research and development.”
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Executive Vice President Brent Erickson: “The biotechnology industry supports and applauds California’s attempt to mitigate the impact of transportation on climate change through adoption of a Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Unfortunately, the rule adopted today – in particular the inclusion of indirect land use change measurements and methodology – may discourage [...]
Supporters of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard include some advanced biofuels producers
In California, strong positive and negative reactions circulated in the wake of the decision by the California Air Resources Board to approve the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Critics and supporters alike focused almost exclusively on the impact on biofuels.
Kirk Haney, President and CEO, of jatropha pioneer SG Biofuels said “We applaud the California Air Resources Board [...]
Reaction to CARB approval of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Kirk Haney, President and CEO, SG Biofuels
“We applaud the California Air Resources Board for their strong action in support of renewable energy use and the reduction of carbon emissions in the State of California. Their action is both necessary and timely as industry and government works together to accelerate the production of viable, sustainable and [...]
CARB votes 9-1 for California Low Carbon Fuel Standard; moves up indirect land use review to Jan 2011 in response to outcry on ILUC
In California, the state Air Resource Board approved the Low Carbon Fuel Standard by a vote of 9-1, ushering in a new era of fuel regulation and emission control, including the approval of a controversial penalty on indirect land use change for biofuels. The regulations will take effect in 2011.
The board made only one substantive [...]
California expected to approve Low Carbon Fuel Standard; once the hope of biofuels, now the savior of petroleum courtesy of Indirect Land Use Change analysis
In California, the state Air Resources Board is expected today to approve the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Commencing in 2011, the Standard will progressively lower the carbon intensity of fuels, and will include a penalty on indirect land use change.
The standard will require a 10 percent reduction in the carbon intensity of fuels by 2020. Corn [...]
Today in Biofuels Opinion: “Grappling with the technical uncertainty and developing a regulation based on the best available science is preferable to ignoring a major source of emissions.”
170 scientists associated with the Union of Concerned Scientists, in a letter to CARB chairwomen Mary Nichols: “Recent peer-reviewed research indicates that conventional biofuels can directly or indirectly result in substantial heat-trapping emissions through the conversion of forests and grasslands to croplands to accommodate biofuel production. Increased demand for crops to make fuel results in [...]
Ties between scientists, investment banks, food companies and oil probed as controversy swirls around California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
An interesting analysis of potential conflicts of interest, and a tangled web of shared financial resources, in the California Air Resources Board debate over the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, was provided by biofuels advocate Paul Wikoff.
Wikoff determined that the W.K. Kellogg Foundation is providing funding to Environmental Defense and the Nature Conservancy, noting the ties [...]
California’s proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard fields a pitched battle over emissions from indirect land-use changes
In California, Capitol Weekly has published an excellent short analysis of the Golden State’s proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard including a review of the storm over indirect land-use change impacts that has set supporters of biofuels against sections of the environmental community.
The article reviews the contention of a 111-scientist group that indirect land-use change analysis [...]
110 scientists call on Gov. Schwarzenegger to eliminate bias in Low Carbon Fuel Standard
In California, more than 100 scientists and groups such as the New Fuels Alliance have called on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to eliminate biases in the state’s proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).
“As you are aware, ARB staff continues to push a regulation that includes an indirect land use change (iLUC) penalty for biofuels. To be [...]
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