Vermont, along with six other states, filed an amicus â friend of the courtâ briefFridaywith the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit supporting Californiaâ s appeal of a federal district courtâ s rulings invalidating its low carbon fuel standard. California adopted its low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) for transportation fuels as a key part of its strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.
â Climate change threatens the health, safety and welfare of our citizens,’said Attorney General William H. Sorrell. â The federal government has been slow to take action on climate change. Vermont needs to have the ability to adopt a low carbon fuel standard as one of its tools to confront climate change.’Vermont is one of several New England and Mid-Atlantic states working on developing a regional low carbon fuel standard, similar to Californiaâ s.
InRocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Goldstene, 09-2234, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (Fresno) ruled that Californiaâ s LCFS impermissibly regulates interstate commerce and issued a preliminary injunction blocking Californiaâ s enforcement of the standard. In the brief filed today with the Ninth Circuit, Vermont, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Oregon and Washington agree with California that the courtâ s analysis is flawed and its rulings should be reversed.
Vermont Attorney General, June 15, 2012
Vermont joins with California in low carbon fuel standard court fight
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