San Francisco Air Board Faces Industry Fight Over Novel Refinery GHG Plan

San Francisco Bay area air officials are proposing a first-of-its-kind regulation to cap greenhouse gases from combustion at refineries and other sources, but the move is drawing strong push-back from oil industry officials who say the caps are illegal and that facilities are already sufficiently regulated under the state's cap-and-trade program and existing district rules. Industry officials are urging district officials to scrap plans to cap emissions at the five area refineries, saying it will impede their ability to run...