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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

This is drawing bio-based diesel fuel out of other states and putting California and federal fuel policies into a vicious cycle that is contributing to ever more unsustainable and expensive fuel policies. California may seem like an unlikely driver of deforestation from soybean and palm oil biofuels.

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Emergency? Part 4

Legal Planet

Right now, oil companies have political power sufficient to preclude a change in liability that would result in oil industry obligation. Next time: ending deforestation. Here’s Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 ). This is a massive subsidy to oil companies and a significant source of methane emissions. Download as PDF The post Emergency?