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LCFS is a critical climate policy

April 6, 2009

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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california, capandtrade, landusechange, LCFS, lifecycle

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

Entrepreneurs speak out for good rules for biofuels

December 3, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
biofuels, california, CARB, EPA, forest, landusechange, LCFS, markettransformation, RFS

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

Solar wins in NY, sparks controversy in CA

June 19, 2008

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
california, markettransformation, netmetering, newyork, renewableenergy, RETI, solar, transmission

Big news today in NY with the passage of legislation that significantly expands the opportunities for distributed renewable energy. Specifically, the package of bills, which Governor Patterson has already pledged to sign, expand net metering up to 2 MW for...continued

Clarifying the recent CA ruling on 10% ethanol

June 19, 2007

Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
airpollution, california, ethanol, lowcarbonfuelstandard

One of my favorite blogs, www.biopact.com, passed on some misleading reporting over the weekend in this post. As reported, on Friday the California Air Resource Board did in fact decide to allow blends of up to 10% ethanol with gasoline. This...continued

Nathanael Greene
Nathanael Greene
Director of Renewable Energy Policy
New York City
I coordinate NRDC's work on renewable energy--fuels and power--and policies that will advance them. For...
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