@inbook{508b2be32f664c67b46a67f4aa331b0a,
title = "Science, values, and the political framing of indirect land use change (ILUC)",
abstract = "Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) refers to deforestation and agricultural expansion due to increased crop prices. It is a controversial spillover effect of biofuels that is estimated by {"}shocking{"} agricultural market models with high biofuel scenarios. The validity of this modeling is highly contested in biofuel regulation. As a case study of ILUC discourse, this chapter analyzes how ILUC science was interpreted and strategically framed during rulemaking for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) in 2007-2009. The analysis covers three stages of the initial rulemaking process: academic advisory reports, agency rulemaking documents, and public comments. It finds that at every stage, stakeholders blended values-based and science-based arguments. Even when stakeholders framed their stances as firmly based on science, their interpretation of {"}right{"} action in the face of uncertainty also depended on normative values. The takeaway for policy-makers is that ILUC is not an issue where policy answers can be straightforwardly derived from science.",
author = "Hanna Breetz",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 American Chemical Society.",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1021/bk-2015-1207.ch007",
language = "English (US)",
series = "ACS Symposium Series",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
pages = "95--122",
editor = "Town, {William G.} and Currano, {Judith N.}",
booktitle = "Science and the Law",
}