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U.S. Pushes Farmers to Develop A New Crop: Energy

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The law provides $140 billion in tax incentives, direct loans, and grants to replace fossil fuels with cleaner renewable energy that lowers emissions of carbon dioxide. industrial policy for energy and transportation. That changed when Congress passed the climate provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act last August.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

The growing credits for electricity reflect the growing number of EVs on the road in California, and support California’s goal of phasing out combustion technologies in favor of zero emissions vehicles. This is a little different than other similar sounding policies like Renewable Energy Standards, which can create some confusion.

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BETO Announces that Scientists from Multiple National Labs Are Finding New Ways to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Affordable Biofuels and Bioproducts

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With atmospheric carbon dioxide levels on the rise, “innovative research that finds ways to transform CO 2 in the atmosphere into something positive is more important than ever.” Hutton The U.S. BETO notes that the long-term challenge of the research will be scaling up scientific findings into commercial applications.

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New Inflation Reduction Act Tracker Launched by the Sabin Center and EDF

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Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of the Interior (DOI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—to implement the IRA. The IRA allocates significant funding for both new and existing federal grant programs.

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An A to Z of Fossil Fuel Industry Deception

Union of Concerned Scientists

B is for Beyond Petroleum In the 1990s, BP famously rebranded itself as “ Beyond Petroleum ,” then backpedaled from its plans to invest in renewable energy. But these technologies are no substitute for sharp cuts in fossil fuels if we keep the goals of the Paris climate agreement within reach.

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Tackling Agricultural Methane: Monitoring and Policy Strategies

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A top-down approach begins with atmospheric emissions as recorded by sensors or satellites which can then, by a variety of methods, be attributed to geographic regions or particular categories of emitters. A rice emissions estimate could consider factors like the area used for rice production and water management method, among many others.

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Glossary of Greenhouse Gas Terms

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Atmosphere The gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth. The dry atmosphere consists almost entirely of nitrogen (78.1% The dry atmosphere consists almost entirely of nitrogen (78.1% In addition, the atmosphere contains water vapor, whose amount is highly variable but typically 1% volume mixing ratio.