Refiners Eye Departing If California Seeks To Offset Lost Vehicle GHG Cuts

August 13, 2018
Some oil refiners are threatening to leave California if the state imposes new greenhouse gas limits on the sector to offset reductions lost as a result of the Trump administration's planned roll back of Obama-era GHG standards for light-duty vehicles, though one source says refiners should await any plan from the Golden State before taking action. “We knew they'd come after us,” one refining source says. “We know this is the holy grail for California and they will fight like...


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