As with last year, efforts to reduce Washington’s greenhouse gas emissions is prompting several bills as part of Governor Jay Inslee’s “green energy” proposal – and the topic took up much of his State of the State speech. One of those proposals seeks to reduce carbon intensity in transportation fuels through a low carbon fuel […]
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Low-carbon fuel has high cost according to supporters
As part of a package of policies to reduce Washington’s carbon-dioxide emissions, legislators are proposing a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) which would decrease CO2 content of fuel using a number of strategies. Most common would be mixing more biofuel with existing gasoline. … Each gallon of gas emits the same amount of CO2, so the […]
What we can learn from Oregon’s low-carbon fuel law
As part of his proposals to reduce Washington CO2 emissions, the Governor included a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS), designed to reduce transportation emissions. Oregon enacted a similar policy recently and it has been cited as evidence that the new restrictions won’t cost much at the pump. When assessing the policy, we need not only look […]