Groups Clash Over Possible CARB Cap On Crop-Based Biofuels In LCFS

Numerous companies and non-governmental organizations are clashing over whether the California air board should set a first-time cap on the amount of crop-based biofuels that can be used to comply with the state’s low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS), setting up a crucial decision by state regulators in the coming months. “First, artificially capping crop-based biofuels under the LCFS program would stunt efforts to leverage the LCFS to expand climate-smart practice adoption and would leave near-term, cost-effective carbon reductions untapped,” argues the...