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Refiners and Truckers Associations Challenge California LCFS in Federal Court

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The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) filed a legal challenge to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) with the US District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division. Earlier post.). By regulating the fuel pathway of transportation fuels—i.e., NPRA President Charles T.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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In particular, Prentice seeks to shield Alberta’s emissions-intensive oil sands operations from the effects of emission reductions. Some experts estimate that China overtook the United States as the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases as early as 2006. “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook.

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