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; […]
Executive Action Summary Table List of all the initial presidential actions. Declaring a National Energy EmergencyBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (“NEA”), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, […]
Act Now to Claim the §45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit on January 1, 2025 Many suppliers of low carbon renewable diesel and biodiesel in the U.S. currently benefit from the “biodiesel mixture excise tax credit,” which is a substantial tax incentive of $1.00 per gallon of pure biodiesel or renewable diesel. In order to qualify […]
The New Mexico Senate approved the state’s Clean Transportation Fuel Standard (CTFS) bill HB 41 on February 13. This followed the state’s House of Representatives approval of the bill on February 3. The bill is now on the desk of Governor Grisham, who has been a vocal supporter of the legislation and is expected to […]
On January 3, legislation to establish a clean transportation fuel standard (CTFS) was reintroduced in to the New Mexico House of Representatives under House Bill 41 (HB 41). This new bill aims to address some of the issues that prevented similar legislation from progressing under Senate Bill 11 in 2021 and House Bill 426 in […]
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 will go in to effect January 1, 2025. This landmark legislation not only provides the first federal incentive for fuel carbon emission reduction but also provides tax credits for current and future low carbon fuels producers. It also provides tax refunds for carbon capture and sequestration projects, clean hydrogen […]
On Wednesday, October 4, 2023, the Federal Register published EPA’s proposed amendments to the New Source Performance Standards for Volatile Organic Liquid Storage Vessels (Including Petroleum Liquid Storage Vessels) as the preliminary results of the review of the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) required by the Clean Air Act. The EPA is proposing revisions to […]
Our renewables team has supported Lifecycle Assessment and application and ongoing compliance support for the following programs: California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Canada Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Washington Clean Fuels Program (CFP) Oregon Clean Fuels Program (CFP) If you are looking for help with […]