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For Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard, not all wood is good
Although the solid fuel pool is expected to be the smallest contributor to the proposed Clean Fuels Standard’s broader target, its implementation could have a substantial effect on the climate impact of the program overall.
How low-carbon fuel standards can support transport electrification
A variety of policies have been deployed at the state and federal levels to address higher up-front costs of EVs and concerns about sufficient charging infrastructure.
On alternative fuels, the House Climate Crisis Action Plan doesn’t think big enough
The proposed low-carbon fuel standard, although well-intentioned, may double down on past mistakes
Canada’s clean fuels standard is increasingly out of sync with Canada’s climate ambitions
Canada’s proposed Clean Fuels Standard has slowly morphed from a policy supporting the deployment of alternative fuels to one that largely supports the fossil fuel status quo.
Supersonic air travel: Moving away from our climate commitments, faster than ever
While it is likely that supersonic airplanes consume fuel at a greater rate than their conventional counterparts, could that extra fuel burn be mitigated through the use of alternative fuels?
Can India Leapfrog First-Generation Biofuels?
India’s biofuel policy update discourages food-based fuels, focusing instead on increasing production of second-generation biofuels made from wastes and inedible energy crops.
Failure to Launch: Why Advanced Biorefineries Are So Slow to Ramp Up Production
Despite claims that advanced biofuels are just a few years away from commercialization, existing projects struggle to reach their nominal capacity.
Can alternative jet fuels crowd out demand from the road sector?
Proponents of alternative jet fuels often ignore the reality that many other sectors have laid claims to limited bio-resources as part of their own decarbonization strategies
ICAO’s CORSIA scheme provides a weak nudge for in-sector carbon reductions
ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation will probably not provide a meaningful framework to transition to alternative jet fuels.
What’s the real impact of indirect land-use change?
Rather than stifling the biofuels industry as a whole, ILUC factors encourage both the development of innovative technologies to reduce direct emissions and the transition to second-generation feedstocks that have smaller indirect effects.
Petroleum life-cycle emissions—did we forget something?
Some biofuels proponents argue that if regulations factor indirect land-use change into estimates of biofuel carbon intensity, they should also estimate indirect carbon emissions from petroleum. It’s not a persuasive argument.
