Recent Policy Updates

California Air Board Proposes Changes to Low Carbon Fuel Standard

By Julia Levin / August 11, 2022 / Comments Off on California Air Board Proposes Changes to Low Carbon Fuel Standard

The Low Carbon Fuels Standard Program has helped to reduce the carbon intensity of on-road vehicle fuels by nearly 10 percent over the last decade, largely thanks to increased biofuels production. Unfortunately, LCFS credit prices have dropped more than 50 percent, which threatens to slow California’s progress in reducing transportation climate emissions. To address the…

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CPUC Adopts Biomethane Procurement Program to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

By Julia Levin / February 24, 2022 / Comments Off on CPUC Adopts Biomethane Procurement Program to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants

The California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to adopt a biomethane procurement program to help the state meet its Short-Lived Climate Pollutant reduction requirements. The program requires California’s gas utilities to procure 73 billion cubic feet of biomethane – about 12 percent of residential and small business customers’ current gas use – from anaerobic digestion…

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California Finalizes Organic Waste Diversion Regulations

By Julia Levin / January 21, 2022 / Comments Off on California Finalizes Organic Waste Diversion Regulations

In 2016, California enacted Senate Bill 1383 to reduce the most damaging climate pollutants, known as Short-Lived Climate Pollutants.  The bill requires a 40 percent reduction in methane emissions and a 50 percent reduction in anthropogenic black carbon by 2030.  As part of the methane reduction requirement, the legislation requires a 75 percent reduction in…

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