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The new standard in California for low carbon emissions is stagnant due to lack of “clarity”. The new standard, which offers incentives for cleaner fuels, is very controversial because it would increase gasoline prices.
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In a surprising twist, the new and controversial standard of California fuel (a key part of its efforts to replace fossil fuels) has been rejected by a state agency that inspects the legality of state provisions.
He Fuel standard promulgated by the Air Resources Council last year was the subject of a Bitter debateTo a large extent because the price of gasoline and diesel will potentially increase in an unknown amount.
The norms were rejected by the State Administrative Office, a state agency whose mandate is to ensure that “the regulations are clear, necessary, legally valid and accessible to the public.” Legal service informs the Air Council that the rule does not meet a temporary In the State Code, which requires “clarity” in the development of norms, “so that the importance of regulations is easily understood by these people directly affected by them.”
The air board said it would review the order and then submit the rules again, which will be required within 120 days. However, any significant change will require delay, including a period of public comments.
The low -carbon fuel program that offers financial stimuli to companies to produce a cleaner transport fuel, already greenhouse gases that heat the planet.
The 2011 program is a $ 2 million credit system that requires fuels sold in California to be gradually cleaner while offering financial incentives for the production of less polluting fuels, such as biofuels made of soybeans or cow fertilizer.
In one Initial evaluation Published in 2023, the Air Council predicts that the new rules can potentially increase the price of diesel by 59 cents per gallon and gasoline in 47 cents. But Air Board employees denied this assessment, saying that the analysis “should not interpret as a forecast of the future price of the loan or as a direct impact on the prices of the supplier.“
Report from the Kleinman Energy Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania predicts that changes to fuel standards This can increase the price of gasoline by 85 cents per gallon by 2030.
Republican legislators who protested against the norm and presented a bill to annul it, applauded the law firm’s decision to reject them.
“Families in this country are already coping with the increase in living costs, and the increase in the price of 65 cents or more will deepen their financial tension,” said the Senator Rosilicie ochoa boghA Republican from Redlands in a statement: “It is deeply disappointing that the governor’s administration has ignored demands for review from the beginning.”
Proponents say the new rules are needed for California gasoline in a country where drivers are already paying some of the highest fuel costs in the country.
The Air Board last month was forced to abandon other norms regarding climate and air pollution Which would clean the trucks and train emissions, as the Trump administration will refuse to provide them with exceptions.
This article was originally published by CalmattersS
