National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 24, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JULY 10, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 21, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JULY 11, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

AUGUST 13, 2025

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Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 5, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JUNE 12, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JUNE 24, 2025

Wilkie in 2019. Scalia also believed Auer violated the fundamental separation of powers because it permitted an agency to promulgate a law and then interpret it, encouraging the agency to enact vague rules which maximized its own flexibility and power in future adjudications. The Court addressed these issues in Kisor v.

2013

National Law Center

JUNE 26, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

National Law Center

JULY 17, 2025

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Law

National Law Center

AUGUST 1, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

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National Law Center

JUNE 4, 2025

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National Law Center

JUNE 17, 2025

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2025

National Law Center

JULY 31, 2025

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2013

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

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Law

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2023

However, his average before 2019 was more like 1%. His lifetime average was pulled up by scores of 7% in 2019, 10% in 2020, and 22% in 2021. Given that he represents Midwest farmers among others, Emmer is a big support of biofuels like corn ethanol. When government starts mandating, it creates an imbalance in the marketplace.”

Biofuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

For the transportation modes that are hardest to electrify, such as aviation and shipping, turning to l ess carbon-intense fuels such as biofuels and hydrogen produced primarily through electrolysis. Technologies like biofuels and hydrogen, while necessary, come with potential drawbacks. million homes.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

California has done well in terms of total emission reductions – about a 10% reduction from 2009 to 2019. Electric power related emissions went down about 40% from 2009 to 2019. Total direct transportation emissions in 2019 were about the same as those a decade earlier. What’s the Overall Verdict?

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Background The Blueprint aims to reduce domestic aviation emissions [i] from airport operations by 20% from 2019 levels (404ktCO2) in 2030 and achieve net zero domestic and international aviation emissions by 2050. This facility would turn waste into feedstock to generate electricity or biofuel for use within the airport.

Solar Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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].

Fossil Fuels

Earthava

MAY 17, 2021

In the US alone, the transportation sector contributed 29% of greenhouse gas emissions in 2019. A great example is a biofuel. These biofuels also produce fewer air pollutants such as carbon monoxide, air toxics, and sulphur dioxide, among others. Moreover, biofuels cost almost the same as regular fuel.

Biofuels

Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 13, 2020

On November 21, 2019, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) passed Resolution 19-27 , approving several amendments to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program designed to foster stability in the LCFS market and promote access to electric vehicle (EV) transportation for disadvantaged and low-income communities in California.

Regulations

Brag

DECEMBER 22, 2021

EPA is proposing the 2020, 2021, and 2022 renewable fuel standards for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel. Implement several regulatory changes to the RFS program.

Biofuels

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Internationally, New Zealand passed the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act of 2019 which targets a 24-47% reduction in biogenic methane emissions by 2050, and a 10% reduction by 2030. This appears to be the only national level agricultural methane target currently in law. Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification.

Renewable Energy

A Greener Life

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This will be the first time that a commercial airliner has taken on nothing but biofuels, and it aims to prove that this is a viable and realistic step towards low carbon flight. I distinctly remember Richard Branson posing next to a jet powered by (5%) coconut biofuels and declaring “a biofuel breakthrough for the whole airline industry.”

Biofuels

Brag

MARCH 14, 2022

The letter states that adjusting these biofuel volumes more than two years after they were finalized would set a troubling precedent and impact negatively the entire agriculture and fuel supply chain. biofuel sector. Of particular concern to the letter signatories is EPA’s proposal to waive retroactively 2.96

Biofuels

Brag

JUNE 1, 2021

Corn Ethanol Industry for 2005-2019: Implications for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions.” According to the retrospective analysis conducted, since 2000, corn ethanol production in the United States quadrupled due to supportive biofuels policies such as the U.S. On May 4, 2021, the U.S.

Biofuels

Acoel

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

2 – Knowledge Underlies Agriculture’s Climate Success Public agricultural research focuses on critical, widely-shared knowledge , yet public funding for agricultural research was cut by a third from 2002 to 2019. (To be most effective, easements should also be tied to using climate-friendly practices.)

2024

National Law Center

JULY 1, 2025

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Endangered Species Act

E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Enacted in 2019, the CLCPA transformed the state’s earlier clean energy standard efforts from administrative fiat to law and sets more aggressive goals to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy-wide to 60% from a 1990 baseline by 2030, and 15% from a 1990 baseline by 2050.

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Biofuels can play a productive role when used at a sustainable level. Source EIA Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update ) Using more oils and fats for fuel instead of food and animal feed has consequences for competing users of these products and for the global agricultural system. Source US Energy Information Administration.

Biofuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study. A few years later, it introduced the Half the Oil Plan , which spelled out how to slash oil use through greater fuel efficiency and new, innovative technologies, such as electric vehicles and biofuels. Yes, premature death.

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2022

for Vicinity Energy Biogenic Fuel: Vicinity Energy converted four boilers at its Edison Station in Philadelphia to use a new biofuel, LR100. The murals are meant to be appreciated individually or as a series through a self-guided walking tour; a Master Watershed Steward-guided tour has also been led during YorkFest in 2018, 2019, and 2021.

2022

Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

As of 2019, the transportation sector was the largest sector source of GHG emissions in the state, accounting for more than 50% of statewide GHG emissions. [3] CCS projects must incorporate monitoring, reporting, and verification requirements to demonstrate that the GHG reductions are permanent in order to generate LCFS Credits.

2030

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2023

While the 2019 PA Farm Bill has been a triumph, the Department has been asked by many legislators, stakeholders, and members of the agriculture community what is next. billion in organic commodities in 2021, up 48% from 2019, and the number of certified organic farms increased 7% to 1,125 farms.

Conservation