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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update (Part 3)

Clean Energy Law

The program’s original target was to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuel used in California by 2020 at least 10% from a 2010 baseline. CCS Protocol : The 2018 amendments adopted a protocol to allow crediting of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects.

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First District Holds LA’s Water Allocations To Agricultural Lessees Were Authorized Under Existing Leases And Did Not Constitute Or Implement A Separate “Project” Subject to CEQA Review

CEQA Developments

The case holds that the City’s water allocations to the City’s agricultural lessees were authorized under its existing 2010 leases and thus did not constitute a new project subject to CEQA review before they could be lawfully implemented. In this era of wildfire and drought, there will no doubt be many more. acre feet per acre.

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Wind Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico

The Energy Law Blog

This is the first in a series of articles in which Liskow’s offshore team will discuss the regulatory framework for wind energy projects in federal waters and highlight legal issues pertinent to this dynamic area. The regulatory process leading to the Vineyard Wind Project offshore Massachusetts began in 2010. federal waters.

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California Adopts CEQA Guidelines Aimed at Improving Consideration of GHG Emissions and Climate Change Impacts in Environmental Reviews

Law Columbia

These amendments flesh out many of the provisions on climate change and energy that were first added to the CEQA Guidelines in 2010. A project’s incremental contribution may be cumulatively considerable even if it appears relatively small compared to statewide, national or global emissions. GHG Emissions Analysis.

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Fourth District Rejects CEQA And Municipal Code Challenges To City Of Santa Cruz’s Project Approvals And EIR For Small Multifamily Housing Project

CEQA Developments

In an opinion filed on December 16, 2021, and belatedly ordered published on January 13, 2022, the Fourth District Court of Appeal rejected a CEQA challenge to a small multifamily project in the City of Santa Cruz. The Project, City’s Review And Approval Process, And The Litigation. Ocean Street Extension Neighborhood Assn.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Ninth Circuit Reinstated Listing of Bearded Seal as Threatened Based on Climate Change Projections. Environmental groups had identified five categories of new information since the 2004 preparation of an EIS that they contended warranted supplemental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

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Nuclear Plant Closures And Renewables Increase Electricity Prices & Unreliability, Testifies Michael Shellenberger to U.S. Senate

Environmental Progress

In that same time, EIA projects renewable electricity will rise from 28 percent to 50 percent of global generation. [6] In that same time, EIA projects renewable electricity will rise from 28 percent to 50 percent of global generation. [6] While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally.