California Clean Fuel Success Story

“California is terminating climate pollution with the clean fuel standard that also powers our economy by creating thousands of new good-paying jobs.”

California launched its clean fuel standard in 2011, and it’s been wildly successful. See for yourself.

Clean Fuel Standards are a successful, time-tested policy adopted by our neighbors to the north and south as a way to reduce gas emissions.

Learn more about the results of clean fuels.

Goal: Reduce the carbon intensity of fuels by at least 20% by 2030.

For a penny at the pump, California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard has been responsible for:

A reduction of 58 million tons of carbon pollution
$2 billion in health care savings due to cleaner air
The average household will save $1,200 – $1,500 on fuel annually
560,000 million tons of food waste used for renewable fuels
Thirty-four million tons of polluting landfill gas is now diverted to California and used to create renewable natural gas.
California no longer imports foreign oil for transportation fuels
A 74% increase in clean fuels used
14 billion gallon reduction in petroleum used
$2.8 billion invested in clean fuels production

Goal: Reduce the carbon intensity of gasoline and diesel by 10% by 2025

A Penny At The Pump Has Benefitted Oregonians

Over the first four years of the program greenhouse gas pollution dropped by 3.6 million tons.
$124 million in health care savings
6.1 million gallons of methane gas from manure has been captured and convereted into renewable natural gas
Zero importation of foreign oil for transportation fuels
14 million gallons of diesel replaced by light duty vehicles in 2019