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RFA testifies before CA Senate

Geoff Cooper, RFA’s director of research, testified yesterday before the California Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing.

Invited by the committee, Cooper talked about the California Air Resources Board’s (ARB) recent proposal for carbon reduction. In essence, ARB’s proposal saddles biofuels with the carbon footprint attributed to what is called “land-use change.” Land-use change is when land that has been used for a specific purpose are used for another purpose.

Pointing out that gasoline production was left out of the land-use consideration, Cooper said in his testimony that ARB has “failed to apply its rules across all fuel technologies.”

The science on land-use is uncertain, and blaming biofuels for the full brunt of these carbon emissions is irresponsible. It isn’t supported by fact and might lead to harm the development of the biofuels industry.

Click here to read Cooper’s testimonial in full.