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News came in late Friday from Washington state that the state House passed Bill1091 – a statewide clean fuel standard bill – and now is headed to the state Senate for voting. It passed the House with a vote of 52-46 and is the third year the House chamber has voted in support of the policy. The bill would adopt a rule establishing a Clean Fuels Program that would limit greenhouse gas emissions per unit of transportation fuel energy to 10 percent below 2017 levels by 2028 and 20 percent belo...

BLOG Low-carbon fuel standards increase prices. That reality is, however, politically inconvenient. Advocates of HB 1091, which would impose a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS), continue to pollute the discussion with silly claims in an effort to hide what is a simple truth. Most recently, Climate Solutions published a two-page flier on the cost of the LCFS, purporting to show that it doesn’t increase costs. OK, they later say, it does increase costs but not much. Then they retreat to the claim...

World Resources Institute At the same time, state-level climate action will remain essential. History has shown that even an engaged U.S. federal government faces real obstacles to progressive regulatory and legislative action. In the face of federal gridlock and inaction, state and local governments have played a crucial role in advancing climate action, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and supporting the continued maturation of key low-carbon technologies such as wind and solar generation ...

States are making progress toward 100% clean electricity, like the power produced by these Arkansas-made wind turbines. Photo by U.S. Department of Energy/Flickr. The Biden administration has committed to a historically ambitious climate agenda. We can expect a profound shift in U.S. federal climate policy — from one of continued domestic rollbacks and international disengagement, to one of forward progress and cooperation. This is critical, as it is not possible to address the climate challe...

Feb 01, 2021 Keith Wilson, president of Titan Freight Systems, is working with Oregon legislators to draft a bill that would phase out sales of petroleum diesel, starting in 2023, and increase the supply of renewable fuels. Titan Freight Systems in 2010 set an ambitious goal to reduce fleet emissions by 20% within a decade. The Portland, Oregon-based company’s Vision 2020 plan had metrics tied to fuel efficiency gains. To execute on those metrics, Titan replaced most of the 2007 EPA Tier ...

Jan 29, 2021 There is complexity in estimating a residual value for vehicles when there is not yet any established track record for used battery electric and fuel cell trucks. Total cost of ownership math, even 10 or 20 years ago, was probably complicated enough. Fleets now considering alternatives like battery electric and hybrid electric tractors have to factor incentives and grants – not just for the truck, but for the electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). In addition to the raw co...

Share this article Share this article APPLETON, Wis., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Gain®, a leader in the development and distribution of alternative fuel and renewable thermal energy, will now offer Credit Generation to electric fleets and forklifts in California, opening a completely new revenue stream for customers at no additional cost. U.S. Gain and parent company, U.S. Venture, Inc., are known for their successful, tenured experience with credit generation programs like the Feder...

U.S. Gain Offers Revenue-Boosting Credit Generation to California Electric Fleets January 25, 2021 U.S. Gain, a company that specializes in the development and distribution of alternative fuels, will now offer credit generation to electric fleets in California, opening a completely new revenue stream for customers at no additional cost. U.S. Gain says it and its parent company, U.S. Venture Inc., have tenured experience with credit generation programs like the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (R...

Jan 20, 2021 AM Transport wants to begin using renewable diesel as soon as supply becomes available to rural areas in Oregon. AM Transport Andy Owens wants to get four million gallons of renewable diesel (RD) to the Umpqua Valley in southwest Oregon. This would be enough to fuel his fleet, AM Transport, and two other trucking companies for a year. Owens is chief executive of Glendale, Ore.-based AM Transport and chairman of the Oregon Trucking Association. The others involved are a log hauler ...

January 20, 2021 Successfully tackling our climate challenge will require a mix of policies that includes investment, emission standards, and more. One important question is: how do we account for the harms of carbon pollution in our economy and hold accountable those responsible for them? Doing this will require grappling with the serious legacy of environmental racism that exists in our society, the result of both intentional and unintentional policies enacted by governments and suppor...