In 2005 and 2007, energy legislation was passed that increased the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and also created a number of Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Agriculture funding vehicles (grants and loan guarantees) to help the biofuels
industry meet mandated production goals.
Not exact matches
Some VC firms have
mandates that prevent them from investing outside of their target
industry, so don't take it personally if they decided not to
meet you or finance your business.
Farmer Power has a clear
mandate from the dairy farmers attending its
meetings to lobby for substantial change in the way the
industry is managed.
To
meet these objectives, the curriculum was
mandated to be transdisciplinary — meaning across academic subjects as well as across school and nonschool settings (e.g., internships (PDF)-RRB--- and was developed by work groups that included representatives from STEM - related
industries, postsecondary education, and preK - 12 education.
Opportunities for engagement include collaboration through the NextGen Advisory Committee, which has resulted in
industry commitments and dedication to working together and holding each other accountable; through the Equip 2020 Working Group to identify and resolve barriers to
meet the January 1, 2020 FAA
mandate for airlines and general aviation to equip with GPS, otherwise known as Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS - B); and community outreach to make the collaborative process of airspace redesign more transparent to airports, local, state and federal governments, community organizations, and the general public.
The Clean Power Plan (CPP) regulations do recognize the ability for fossil energy with CCS technology to help states
meet their targets, but do not
mandate it, citing high cost as a barrier to implementation across the entire
industry.
While the
industry predicts a clean - energy bonanza from the West Coast's steady and powerful breezes that may go a long way to help the state
meet its ambitious clean energy
mandates, reaping the wind must first overcome a whirlwind of technological, economic and political challenges.
OK, there are
mandates this year and next that won't be
met, but if you enforce the RFS, it will be a nominal tax to the oil
industry, and it will make them invest and plan capital.
NERA set up its study that way for good reasons: Despite abundant evidence that RFS
mandates for ever - increasing ethanol use in the nation's fuel supply are detached from reality, and although it's pretty clear EPA has mismanaged the RFS to the detriment of those obligated to
meet its
mandates — the ethanol
industry insists that the program continue as statutorily set out in 2007.
One way to answer the causation question in this case is to ask the following: In the real world, does the petroleum
industry have a realistic choice not to use E15 and still
meet the statutory renewable fuel
mandate?
Perhaps the worst part of the bill is the fact that it won't necessarily
mandate automakers to
meet the new standards since the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which administers CAFE (but is for all intents and purposes in big auto's back pocket), can tamp down or eliminate them by showing they're not «cost effective» for the
industry.
But you can not argue with the fact that lawyers, as a self - regulated
industry, have failed to
meet our
mandate of public service if we can not offer legal advice in an affordable way.