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California Climate Policy: A Preliminary Report Card

Legal Planet

California did this despite substantial growth over the decade from 2010 to 2020, adding about 2.4 That adds up to something in the ballpark of fifty million tons of CO2 that California kept out of the atmosphere during that decade beyond what happened in the power sector nationally. reduction is attributable to California).

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

When I started working on biofuel policy back in 2008, there was a lot of criticism of corn ethanol because in some cases it had lifecycle emissions higher than gasoline. The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i]. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth.

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What’s Up With Water – September 20, 2021

Circle of Blue

The group’s annual report for 2020 found that 227 environmental advocates were killed for their activism, a new record high. The report’s authors say that although 2020 broke the record as the deadliest year for environmental activists, the numbers are likely even higher, since many attacks are not reported. degrees Celsius.

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Space for all: here are some of the huge commercial opportunities away from Earth

Physics World

In fact, the market is expected to grow from $886m in 2020 to $2.5bn in 2027, according to the firm Marketwatch. By 2020, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy vehicle had broken the $1/ kg barrier. Indeed, the global satellite internet market, which was worth $2.93bn in 2020, is projected to rise to $18.59bn by 2030.

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Three sustainable fuels that could be the future of green aviation

A Greener Life

Since 2020, Neste has picked up used cooking oil from 252 of the fast-food restaurants and refines it into fuel. One year later , it scheduled more than 200 trial flights between Paris and Amsterdam using biofuel made from used cooking oil. It is made by combining hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

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Why Ontario needs to stop burning polluting gas for electricity

Enviromental Defense

The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . In fact, 2020 brought the largest single increase in methane in the atmosphere since we started measuring this in the 1980s. Source: IESO [link].

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Policy News: September 12, 2022

ESA

Zaidi has worked in the Biden White House since the beginning of the administration and led climate and energy policy for Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign. The executive order will include training programs for biotechnology workers and is expected to cover sectors from pharmaceuticals to biofuels and agricultural food supplies.

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