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27.04.2009
Biofuels industry urges changes in California's low carbon fuel rules
The eyes of the world's biofuels industry were on California Thursday when the California Air Resources Board heard arguments for and against its proposal to regulate the carbon footprints of fuels.
The proposal to lower greenhouse gas emissions by 10% from all fuels used in the state by 2020, if adopted, would start next year with fuel suppliers adjusting to the new regulations and by 2011, it would mandate a gradual start towards the 10% cut.
California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard would be the world's first attempt to regulate greenhouse emissions from fuels, the Air Resources Board's chairman, Mry Nichols, said at a day-long hearing began. The new rules are expected to be a model for the EPA at the federal level, other states, and possibly the European Union.
