CARB Issues Final Draft Proposal To Tighten, Expand LCFS Requirements

California air board officials are floating aggressive near- and long-term carbon intensity (CI) targets for gasoline and diesel in their final draft regulatory proposal to make sweeping amendments to the state’s low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS), including a 90 reduction in CI by 2045 compared with a 2010 baseline. But various stakeholders are continuing to object to some of the amendments, including environmental justice (EJ) groups that argue a long-term extension of a reduced-methane credit would exacerbate fossil fuel pollution in...