* California - Regulators restore emissions-cutting fuel rule
-- California regulators on Friday restored ambitious rules to cut transportation fuel emissions 10 percent within 5 years... The rules further strengthen California's toughest-in-the-nation carbon emissions standards, but oil producers warn the changes could drive up costs for consumers at the gas pump... The board says the change would cost a typical commuter $20 to $24 extra in 2017, increasing to $52 to $56 annually in 2020... The rules require producers to cut the carbon content of fuels 10 percent by 2020 to help the state meet its emission-reductions goals... Environmentalists and some business groups say the plan will encourage greater use of cleaner biofuels and electric vehicles. Oil producers say it's unworkable and too costly...
(Photo: Associated Press, by RICH PEDRONCELLI - California Air Resources Board member Daniel Sperling comments on a proposal. At right is CARB board member Judy Mitchell) -- Sacramento, CAL, USA - The Associated Press/The Trucker, by JUDY LIN - 25 Sept 2015Labels: green news, rules and regulations, trucking industry news USA
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