Low Carbon Fuel Standards

Double Whammy for State Fuel Suppliers

By R. Morgan Gilhuly, Chris Jensen | Barg Coffin Lewis & Trapp, LLP

Distributor Offloads Oil From Barge

The following article was originally published in the San Francisco Daily Journal on December 3, 2014. Copyright 2014 Daily Journal Corporation, reprinted with permission.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is poised to readopt the Low-Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation in early 2015. With its readoption, CARB hopes to put to rest challenges that required a redo of the environmental analysis supporting the LCFS regulation. If all goes as planned, transportation fuel suppliers operating in California will face a regulatory environment in 2015 that is at once both more certain — with legal challenges to the LCFS largely resolved — and more daunting, as transportation fuels come under the “cap” on greenhouse gas emissions imposed by California’s cap-and-trade program.

 /  Published December 5, 2014 at 4:15 PM

Opinion: The Low Carbon Fuel Standard is Good for California

By George Slover

Traffic Congestion Costs Motorists Extra 38 Hrs A Week And Hundreds Of Dollars

The oil industry continues to try to beat back California’s pioneering clean energy policies.  But we at Consumers Union believe their efforts will ultimately fail. That’s because California’s families and businesses are better served by having more energy choices, a level playing field for alternative energy producers, and a focus on efficiency and clean energy… Keep reading →

 /  Published May 2, 2014 at 10:00 AM

OP Ed: Regulations Helping Build California Clean Fuels Market

By Carol Lee Rawn

Germany Drops Biofuel Plans

There’s always a risk in being the first – in forging ahead without following someone else’s footsteps.  California took on that challenge six years ago, adopting the country’s first low carbon fuel standard (LCFS). Today, however, the risks are receding and the rewards are becoming increasingly clear – for consumers, businesses, and the climate. That… Keep reading →

 /  Published July 1, 2013 at 3:00 PM