The Obama administration took another step forward with its greenhouse gas control program yesterday when it quietly posted its "Technical Update of the Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis under Executive Order 12866."… Continue Reading
My colleague Graham Noyes and Clayton McMartin of Clean Fuels Clearinghouse recently published a white paper on the massive and staggeringly complex revision of the federal Advanced Fuel Standard (RFS) issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on February 3, 2010. Graham and Clayton describe how this second generation renewable fuel initiative (RFS2) will bring … Continue Reading
Yesterday, the Department of Energy ("DOE") announced more than $154 million in Recovery Act funding to four states for their State Energy Programs ("SEPs"). The funds were awarded to California, Missouri, New Hampshire, and North Carolina.… Continue Reading