Newsom Presses CARB To Scale Back LCFS Limits On Biomass, CCS

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) Office of Planning & Research (OPR) is pressing the state air board to significantly scale back a proposal to restrict credits under the board’s low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) for fuel generated from forest biomass and related carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) facilities, exposing a rare policy clash between the two shops. “[W]e have significant concerns regarding the treatment of forest biomass waste and where forest biomass can and cannot be sourced,” states an Aug. 27 letter...