| inbluevt | Date: Monday, 2013/06/17, 2:37 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) recently adopted a “model” bill from an oil-industry lobby group, that would limit the
ability of states to negotiate regional “low-carbon fuel standards”
(LCFS), a mechanism designed to reduce the carbon intensity of
transportation fuels. If agreed by states, LCFS could have a significant
impact on the sale of fuels derived from Canadian tar sands in the
United States, regardless of any decision the Obama administration makes
over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.
ALEC’s interest in the tar sands is increasingly active. It organized a tour of the Alberta tar sands for its members in October 2012, and as previously reported by CMD, at least seven states introduced resolutions in 2013 calling
for the approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline from Canada
to Texas. The resolutions contained language from an ALEC “model” bill
and from a set of talking points by TransCanada, the proposed pipeline
operator that was also listed as a sponsor of the most recent ALEC
conference that took place in Oklahoma City in May 2013.
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