A so-called consumer energy group that has oil industry backing is mounting a major campaign to block the inclusion of any Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) in Senate climate change legislation, arguing such a plan would undermine national energy security and hoping to avoid a replay of similar proposals floated during a Senate climate debate in the last Congress. The Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), fearing that provisions for an LCFS will be added to climate legislation during next month’s Senate Environment & Public Works Committee markup, is warning Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) that it “categorically opposes” any future inclusion of such a provision in her cap-and-trade bill.
Not surprisingly, CEA has amongst board members groups like Shell, the American Iron & Steel Institute, the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association and the Nuclear Energy Institute. CEA’s latest effort is part of a large-scale campaign, launched by the group last month, to lobby against inclusion of an LCFS in the climate bill. The group is running television and radio advertisements in four states and plans to lobby lawmakers as debate on the Senate climate bill heats up.
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