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RFA Roundup: Spring 2024 Sustainable Agriculture Funding Opportunities 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

This blog post outlines the funding guidelines, application deadlines, and program requirements for a range of food and farm system grants funded through USDA that are currently accepting applications. Many deadlines are rapidly approaching in February and early March!

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California Ready to Take Giant Leap Toward Zero-Emission Trucks

Union of Concerned Scientists

The Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) rule, which I’ve blogged about in detail before, will phase out fossil-fueled trucks over the next several decades. California is leading the way in cleaning up truck pollution and we know that well-designed policies drive innovation and markets.

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Tackling Agricultural Methane: Monitoring and Policy Strategies

Legal Planet

In a previous blog post , I briefly reviewed some of the innovative strategies to reduce methane emissions from agricultural livestock and rice operations, which have the potential to combat a significant source of global greenhouse gas emissions. Last week , global leaders announced a commitment to reducing global methane emissions.

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A review of the first year of the Peer Review Network on Global Climate Litigation 

Law Columbia

This blog post highlights the work done by the Network in 2022 and shares some of the plans for 2023. Blog Posts and Webinars. In 2022, 14 rapporteurs wrote 10 blog posts covering cases and decisions around the world. A list of all blog posts written by rapporteurs is included below. Rapporteurs.

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Changes to California’s Electric Truck Proposal Could Reap Huge Climate and Air Quality Gains

Union of Concerned Scientists

In a previous blog , I went into more detail on the components of the rule as proposed by CARB. A lower compliance threshold for these larger trucks could expedite the decline of battery costs by pushing R&D and innovations as well as through economies of scale as production ramps up to meet demand.

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rule: Interrogating Preemption and Coherence with Other Domestic Regimes

Law Columbia

This post is the third in a series of blogs that address specific legal features of the rule: Part One offered a summary of the final rule, and delved into the materiality threshold that was added throughout the rule, including for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosure.

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A Comparative Analysis of the SEC’s Climate Disclosure Proposal

Law Columbia

This piece previously appeared in the CLS Blue Sky Blog. In the global effort to protect the earth’s climate, the pace of regulation is rivaled only by the speed of technological innovation.