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mercurynews.com - 4/24/2009
California regulators approve low-carbon fuel standard - San Jose Mercury News
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As part of their efforts to meet California's aggressive goals to reduce global warming, state regulators on Thursday approved a new standard for all transportation fuels aimed at cutting the amount of greenhouse gas emissions they create. The new regulation, which is the first in the nation, ...
sacbee.com - 4/25/2009
California's low-carbon fuel standard has oil companies anxious
— sacbee.com — Sacramento Bee: In car-crazy California, a new fuel standard ordered by state officials to curb greenhouse gases... could dramatically change how vehicles run. It also could have a huge effect on cost. The petroleum industry and some economists say the ... (more) California's low-carbon fuel standard has oil companies ...

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prnewswire.com - 5/1/2009
Western Milling and Khosla Ventures Join Forces to Form Cilion
— prnewswire.com — Cilion to Produce Environmentally-Friendly Corn Ethanol MENLO PARK, Calif., June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Milling, California's largest... grain milling company, and Khosla Ventures, a venture assistance and venture capital firm, today announced the ... (more) Western Milling and Khosla Ventures Join Forces to Form ...

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Environmental Leader:  California Pushes Through Low-Carbon Fuels

DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science:  Behind the Orange Curtain, Facts about Climate Change Can be Hard to Find

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California Pushes Through Low-Carbon Fuels
Environmental Leader — ... 100 scientists to oppose the measure. For instance, California’s corn ethanol producers said the regulations unfairly targets their industry to account for “indirect land use change,” including the notion that crop-based biofuels inflate grain prices, leading farmers elsewhere to convert carbon-sinks like forests into crop fields, which produce carbon, according to the San Jose Mercury News. California will provide seed-funding for early development and deployment of the most promising low-carbon fuels. The Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, AB ...

Behind the Orange Curtain, Facts about Climate Change Can be Hard to Find
DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science — ... The piece starts with an accusation against the ARB of “dictating to private enterprise” by adopting regulations that will force fuel producers to reduce their carbon footprint. The role of the ARB is "to promote and protect public health, welfare and ecological resources through the effective and efficient reduction of air pollutants while recognizing and considering the effects on the economy of the state". Hey OC Register editorial board, protecting the public health and environment from harmful air pollutants is the board’s job description. ...

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