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
Both Massachusetts and New York City are considering a mandate that heating oil contain an increasing percentage of biodiesel. The resulting mix, known as bioheat, has some air quality benefits but, like most biofuels, can either be good for the...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→
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→
