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Three sustainable fuels that could be the future of green aviation

A Greener Life

of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, many airlines are considering carbon-capture-and-storage technologies and electric-powered planes. Dutch airline KLM has been viewed as a trailblazer for its use of cooking oil as fuel on a commercial flight in 2010.

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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. The California LCFS Program was adopted in 2009 as one of the key measures to reduce GHG emissions in California under AB 32.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

In its papers supporting the order to show cause, the attorney general said that PwC had served as Exxon’s independent auditor since before 2010 (the time period covered by the subpoena), a role in which PwC examined whether Exxon’s financial statement disclosures were supported by evidence. Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017.

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Reading the Tea Leaves: Biden’s and California’s Vehicle Regs at the D.C. Circuit

Legal Planet

At argument, the parties jousted over whether the rule’s reliance on increased electrification was something novel and different “in kind,” or merely another step in an iterative regulatory process, dating back at least to EPA’s 2010 GHG standards. That back-and-forth mostly tracked the briefing.