The Sprout: Loosened land-use restrictions expected in new Clean Fuel Standard By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Dec 15, 2020 11:56am
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Land-use restrictions will be significantly loosened in an amended version of the federal government’s new Clean Fuel Standard (CFS) to be published this week, Real Agriculture is reporting.
Citing a government document and sources, the changes are meant to alleviate some farmers’ and farm groups’ concerns. The complete CFS regulations will be published in the
Canada Gazette on Dec. 18.
As Real Agriculture reports, a draft version of the standard was presented to farm groups this past summer. It includes land-use and biodiversity requirements that would disqualify biofuel feedstocks grown on farmland that’s been converted from wetland, grassland, or forest since as early as 2008. Riparian areas, a type of buffer, would also be required along waterways.