Isramart llc : Committee delays decision to expand carbon offsets

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A Tuesday morning meeting at the Oregon State Library postponed to a future date a decision on expanding which gases can be included in the Oregon Carbon Dioxide Standard.

This meeting, the first to be held by the newly formed Energy Facility Siting Council’s Advisory Committee on Carbon Dioxide Equivalent Offsets, convened to address adding greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide to the Oregon Carbon Dioxide Standard.

After presentations from the Department of Energy, the Climate Trust of Oregon, and the Energy Trust of Oregon, the committee decided to hold off on a decision and to continue discussions until another meeting to be held later this fall.

Allowing other gases, such as methane and nitrous oxide, to be included in the standard would allow state-funded groups like the Climate Trust, the Energy Trust, and the Department of Energy to support projects involving these gases, rather than only projects reducing carbon dioxide.

Committee members discussed concerns about unforeseen consequences when one member of the public brought up regulations already coming from other agencies regarding greenhouse gas emissions.

Shanna Brownstein of the Climate Trust, who requested that this change be considered, told the committee that the Climate Trust does its best to take into consideration future regulations and legislation.