11-American states have just signed on to develop a Low Carbon Fuel Standard for the American northeast and mid-Atlantic region.
LCFS is a multi-faceted approach to reducing the carbon emissions of fuels supplied to the public. From the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government:
Last week, the heads of environmental protection agencies and, in some cases, energy agencies in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont signed a Letter of Intent to tackle the challenge of reducing greenhouse gases from fuels in a joint effort.
The state of California was the first to commit to a LCFS for motor vehicles, which it is now in the process of developing. Fuels that may have potential to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation include electricity and advanced biofuels that have lower lifecycle carbon emissions and are less likely to cause indirect effects from crop diversion and land use changes than those on the market today.
LCFS programmes pose a serious threat to "dirty oil" production such as the Athabasca tar sands as they focus on life cycle emissions which tend to include the massive greenhouse gas emissions produced in the process to refine bitumen into artificial oil.
Harper knows what's coming without Bush and Cheney running interference for Tar Sands development. This explains his sudden concern about reducing Athabasca greenhouse gas emissions.
LCFS is a multi-faceted approach to reducing the carbon emissions of fuels supplied to the public. From the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government:
Last week, the heads of environmental protection agencies and, in some cases, energy agencies in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont signed a Letter of Intent to tackle the challenge of reducing greenhouse gases from fuels in a joint effort.
The state of California was the first to commit to a LCFS for motor vehicles, which it is now in the process of developing. Fuels that may have potential to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation include electricity and advanced biofuels that have lower lifecycle carbon emissions and are less likely to cause indirect effects from crop diversion and land use changes than those on the market today.
LCFS programmes pose a serious threat to "dirty oil" production such as the Athabasca tar sands as they focus on life cycle emissions which tend to include the massive greenhouse gas emissions produced in the process to refine bitumen into artificial oil.
Harper knows what's coming without Bush and Cheney running interference for Tar Sands development. This explains his sudden concern about reducing Athabasca greenhouse gas emissions.
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