On December 3, legislation to establish a clean fuel standard (CFS) was introduced into the Pennsylvania House of Representatives under House Bill 2063 (HB 2063). This standard, which would function very similarly to the well-established California Low Carbon Fuels Standard (CARB LCFS), would allow sellers within Pennsylvania of fuel that has lower emissions than conventional […]
Between mid-February and August 2025, EPA made the following CEDRI reporting updates: February 26, 2025 Enabled reports for the New Source Performance Standards for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels for Which Construction, Reconstruction, or Modification Commenced after October 4, 2023 (v1.00) in CEDRI. March 19, 2025 Updated the Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (63, subpart AAAA) […]
Last year, New Mexico became the 4th state to legislate the creation of a state mandated low carbon fuels program when Gov. Michelle Grisham signed House Bill 41. Written testimony for response to the state’s Clean Transportation Fuels Program (CTFP) draft rule released on December 19, 2024, must be submitted to the New Mexico Environment […]
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBB), which originally started as House Bill H.R.1. This budget reconciliation bill included many notable changes to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), including cancellation of most renewable energy incentives and environmental provisions and changes to the Clean Fuel Production Credit (CFPC), called […]
On June 27, 2025, the California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) announced that they have approved the long-awaited amendment to the California Air Resources Board Low Carbon Fuels Standard (CARB LCFS). This amendment, which was effective July 1, was originally going to be implemented in February but was rejected by OAL and revised several times […]
In May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.1, or the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”. This budget reconciliation bill included many notable changes to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), including cancellation of most renewable energy incentives and environmental provisions and changes to the Clean Fuel Production Credit, called 45Z after the section in the IRA. […]
On June 17, 2025, EPA published its proposed rule changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Public comments are due on August 8, 2025, and with the changes EPA “seeks to get the RFS program back on track by establishing renewable fuel volumes for 2027 by the statutory deadline” which indicates that they plan to […]
On June 10, 2025, the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) announced that they had partnered with Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) to create a new feedstock certification scheme that will significantly streamline traceability requirements for low carbon fuels producers selling into the Canadian market under the Clean Fuels Regulation (CFR). The new ISCC […]
Storage tank emissions calculations by nature are fairly easy to generate and similarly fairly easy to take for granted. The calculations often remain untouched as methodologies rarely change absent significant updates to Chapter 7, Section 1 (Organic Liquid Storage Tanks) of the USEPA’s AP-42 guidance. While the USEPA made some changes in the latest version […]
Hurricane season starts June 1. The annual tropical forecast from Colorado State University states the “2025 Atlantic basin hurricane season will have above-normal activity. 2025 CSU Forecast 1991-2020 Average Named Storms 17 14.4 Hurricanes 9 7.2 Current La Niña conditions are likely to transition to ENSO neutral conditions in the next couple of months; […]