Clean Fuels Alliance America is disappointed in recently proposed amendments to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) low carbon fuel standard (LCFS). According to Clean Fuels, if adopted, these changes would impose caps on credits for soy- and canola-based biodiesel and renewable diesel, without sufficient scientific evidence to support such limitations.

“These changes unjustly penalize biodiesel and renewable diesel—low-carbon fuels that provide immediate health benefits for California,” said Jeff Earl, Director of State Governmental Affairs at Clean Fuels.

By restricting credit generation for these low-carbon alternatives, CARB risks unfairly disadvantaging biodiesel and renewable diesel—proven solutions that reduce emissions today while supporting sustainable farming and rural economies. Limiting biodiesel and renewable diesel in favor of technologies that will not be fully scalable for many years, even by CARB’s own projections, threatens both environmental progress and innovation.

According to CARB’s own data, both biodiesel and renewable diesel have significantly contributed to California’s emissions reductions, using more than 3 billion pounds of soybean oil and 1.7 billion pounds of canola oil last year in the state, with biomass-based diesel (BMBD) now accounting for 73% of California’s diesel pool.

Clean Fuels will submit comments strongly urging CARB to reconsider these amendments that threaten to reverse progress in emissions reductions and jeopardize the economic viability of renewable fuels.