Late last week, Governor Newsom’s California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a series of hotly contested, controversial amendments to one of the state’s oldest climate laws, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The decision, among other things, cements polluting factory farm biogas as the climate program’s most lavishly incentivized transportation fuel for decades to come. 

Food & Water Watch Staff Attorney Tyler Lobdell, released the following statement: 

“With this vote, Governor Newsom’s flagship climate program has devolved into a polluter’s paradise. Instead of leading the way with bold climate action, CARB now finds itself in violation of state law as it pushes ahead with an LCFS that is counterproductive and unjust. For months, Newsom’s CARB has ignored repeated testimony from experts and frontline environmental justice communities demanding the agency stop rewarding factory farm pollution. Going forward, all options are on the table as we seek to safeguard our climate and communities.”