Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
On Friday, Kate Galbraith over at the NY Times wrote a blog post on a new study purporting to show that a low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) "cannot be efficient." Unfortunately, the authors missed the critical context for an LCFS,...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Today a group of 10 environmental organizations sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson urging her to put a proposed rule establishing GHG standards for biofuels out for public comment. The rule, which are part of the Renewable Fuel...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
The White House website changed on queue today and includes an exciting new Energy and Environment page. There in the middle are 6 bullets on how to eliminate our current imports from the Middle East and Venezuela within 10 years....continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
At his Senate confirmation hearing today, Governor Vilsack smartly dodged questions about allowing increased blends of ethanol in regular gasoline (subscription required), and focused on his support for advanced biofuels. That's good, but it highlights the need for a new...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
As a little New Year's Eve present to the world, 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states banded together to start the process of developing a low-carbon fuel standard as part of their efforts to reduce the global warming pollution from their...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Yesterday in California, a group of twelve developers and investors in next generation biofuels (including Vinod Khosla) released a letter to the California Air Resource Board supporting the development of rigorous GHG accounting for biofuels. While the letter supports CARB's...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Twenty-three scientists (a different 23 from this 23) sent similar letters to the EPA and USDA and the California ARB calling on these regulators to "stay the course" in terms including emissions from land-use change in the assessment of emissions...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
First I wrote about how a group of scientists had called on California to at least temporarily not include GHG emissions from indirect land-use change when looking at the emissions of biofuels. Then I wrote about how Tim Searchinger, a...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Yesterday, in a major step forward for biofuels policy, the Massachusetts governor, senate president, and speaker of the house jointly called for the adoption of a low-carbon fuel standard. The LCFS is a technology-neutral, performance based approach to reducing the...continued→
