(Project Carbon Freedom/Biobased Diesel Daily) A cross-industry climate initiative by the U.S. liquid energy and agricultural sectors aims to affordably and equitably decarbonize 5 million homes across the Northeast by transitioning to renewable liquid heating fuel in alignment with state carbon-reduction targets.
A virtual launch of the campaign, Project Carbon Freedom, will be hosted by Eric Slifka, CEO of Global Partners LP, and Donnell Rehagen, CEO of the National Biodiesel Board, March 8, at 1:00 pm Eastern time.
The launch of Project Carbon Freedom, coalition leaders say, will help facilitate advocacy and coordination between heating oil distributors, farmers, domestic biodiesel producers and policy makers from the Northeast and Midwest to chart—as an alternative to forced electrification—an economically, environmentally and socially responsible path to complete decarbonization of the residential heating oil market across New England and New York. This first-of-its-kind initiative brings together the region’s wholesale and retail fuel community, equipment manufacturers, and the agriculture sector to break historical barriers in support of shared climate policy action.