National Low Carbon Fuel Standard

How California is Breaking the Petroleum Habit

Mary Nichols | Posted 05.31.2009 | Green

Read More: California Fuel Rule, Low Carbon Fuel Standards, National Low Carbon Fuel Standard, California Air Resources Board, Green News
Mary Nichols

The California Low Carbon Fuel Standard is starkly simple. It requires that all transportation fuels have, on average, ten-percent less carbon intensity than today's gasoline by 2020.

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Green News Report - April 28, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate-Change-Legislation, House of Representatives, Democratic Congress, Carbon Emissions, John Gideon, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Swine Flu, Green, Henry Waxman, Green News Report, National Low Carbon Fuel Standard, House Republicans, Automakers, Michelle Bachmann, Mountaintop Removal, Cafo, Green News, Joe Barton, Ken Salazar, Al Gore, Grist, Solar Power, Solar Thermal Power, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Swine flu protection, nuthin' but pork, said the Republicans; California's new fuel regulations threaten corn ethanol; Does ...

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11 States Move to Develop a Low-Carbon Fuel Standard

Nathanael Greene | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Biofuels, Carbon Emissions, The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Biofuel, Greenhouse Gases, Green, Low-Carbon Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, National Low Carbon Fuel Standard, Sustainability, Green News
Nathanael Greene

A "low carbon fuel standard" (LCFS) is a market-based, technologically neutral policy to address the carbon content of fuels. 11 states have banded together to start developing this.

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