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→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Today I testified before the Massachusetts Advanced Biofuels Task Force on what the state should do to promote biofuels. Here's my testimony, which boils down to encouraging them to adopt technology-neutral, performance-based policy and ideally adopt a low-carbon fuel standard....continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
As I wrote about here, two months ago, I testified about biofuels before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Its standard practice for committee members to send follow up questions "for the record." Below are the...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
Twice this week, I've been asked if we'd still need a low-carbon fuel standard if we get a renewable fuel standard as part of the current energy bill. (If you're wondering what a LCFS is, check out this excellent report...continued→
Posted by Nathanael Greene in Moving Beyond Oil
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→
