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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. The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i].

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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. In April, Air Canada committed to investing $50 million in SAFs and other carbon-reducing technologies. In 2017, British Airlines partnered with U.S.-based

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Leveraging telmetrics to drive fleet electrification and efficiency

A Greener Life

Over the decades, technological advancements, particularly the advent of GPS in the 1990s , revolutionized telematics by providing real-time location tracking. By 2017, half of all cars were “connected.” Telematics technology has come a long way and will continue to evolve as EVs proliferate.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

Law Columbia

Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. Minnesota Federal Court Said State Biofuel Mandate Was Not Preempted. The petitioners said they wished to obtain a ruling on the merits prior to the scheduled May 2017 completion date for the pipeline in the event that the D.C. United States v. Ruffatto , No. 2:16 -cr-00167 (W.D.

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Arguments over Solar Geoengineering Research

Legal Planet

Concerns of this type have arisen in many areas of research and technology, notably going back to the first Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA experiments in 1973. First, they all rely on indirect mechanisms of risk, through bad decisions policy-makers or other actors could make based on knowledge or capability derived from the research.

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

Clean Energy Law

The LCFS Program was most recently, and most significantly, amended in 2018 in response to the 2017 Scoping Plan, which “made it clear that developing a more ambitious LCFS is a critical part of the state’s efforts to achieve the SB 32 goal.” [2] Transportation technology and fuels both implicate the LCFS Program.

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Why Ceding Nuclear to China and Russia Threatens National Security: Michael Shellenberger's Congressional Testimony July 28, 2020

Environmental Progress

Rather, they resulted in low-wage service sector jobs, greater dependence on imported Chinese technologies, and higher energy costs. And over the last decade, the technology used in the vast majority of installed solar panels has only become 2-3 percent more efficient. The problem with renewables is physical.

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