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Apr 24, 2009

Carbon Emissions * USA - California adopts landmark low-carbon fuel rule

Sacramento,CAL,USA -Reuters, by Suzanne Hurt -Apr 23, 2009: -- California on Thursday adopted a first-ever rule to slash carbon emissions in automotive fuels, and spur the market for cleaner gasoline alternatives, after a last-ditch appeal to ethanol advocates who fought the plan... The low-carbon fuel standard approved by the state's influential air-quality regulators was hailed by backers as an historic initiative that the rest of the United States and other countries were likely to emulate... It marks the first attempt by government anywhere in the world to subject transportation fuels -- as opposed to the cars and trucks they power -- to limits on their potential for releasing greenhouse gases blamed for global warming... The measure, if it works as designed, will hasten the transformation of vehicles and the supporting transportation network built for more than a century around refined petroleum products and the internal combustion engine... (Photo REUTERS, by Phil McCarten - Traffic is backed up as residents return to town after being evacuated during wildfires in the Ramona area of San Diego County October 26, 2007)

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Apr 9, 2009

Low-carbon rule * USA - Harbor Truckers Seek Standard Delay

Low-carbon rule could cause fuel costs to skyrocket, say carriers

Sacramento,CAL,USA -The Journal of Commerce Online, by Bill Mongelluzzo -Apr 8, 2009: -- California motor carriers are asking the state air quality board to slow down adoption of its proposed low-carbon fuel standard that the industry says could cause the cost of diesel fuel to double... The California Air Resources Board on April 23 will consider, and likely approve, the fuel standard that is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline as well as diesel fuel. CARB intends that the rule will take effect in 2010... Patty Senecal, director of California government affairs for the International Warehouse and Logistics Association said, that harbor truckers in Southern California this past year have purchased more than 3,000 clean diesel trucks to comply with the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks program... Truckers can't run the risk that the engines on their new $100,000 rigs could be damaged by an untested fuel, Senecal said... Also, California must be prepared to reimburse truckers in case engine damage does occur, similar to what the state did in the early 1990s when the California clean-diesel fuel was rolled out, she said...

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