Topic
fuel standards
6 published works
Focus on Regulation
Renewable Fuels Association Calls On EPA and CFTC to Investigate RIN Markets
In an August 1, 2016 letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) called for an investigation into Renewable…
Stoel Rives Environmental Law
California Appeals Court: Air Resources Board Low Carbon Fuel Standards Regulations Violate CEQA
In Poet, LLC et al. v. California Air Resources Board et al., the Fifth Appellate District held the Air Resources Board (“ARB”) violated CEQA and the APA with its approval…
Renewable + Law
CARB Proposes New Regulations for Alternative Diesel Fuels
By Graham Noyes
CARB is proposing a phased process for introducing alternative diesel fuels to the California market. Prior to supplying any alternative diesel fuel to market, a producer would need to obtain…
Environmental and Climate
9th Circuit Court of Appeals Lifts Stay to allow CARB to Continue Implementing LCFS
In Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Goldstene (Case no. CV-F-09-2234), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District granted summary judgment in favor of a group of farming and oil-industry…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
Enforcement of California Low-Carbon Fuel Standard Blocked
By Heather Plocky and Olivier Theard California's effort to reduce the carbon footprint of producers and refiners of fuel has hit a snag. Shortly after the passage of the Global…
Renewable + Law
EPA: Possible Increase in “Blend Wall”
By Janet Jacobs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) expects to make a final determination in mid-2010 regarding a potential increase in the current 10% allowable ethanol content in fuel, the so-called…