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Livestock Operations Are Responsible for Over Half of California’s Methane Emissions—Why Won’t CARB Regulate Them?

Legal Planet

The new biogas subsidization frenzy brings to mind past failures attempting to jumpstart a market for crop-based biofuels. In the United States, we already have a model for regulating emissions under the Clean Air Act.

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Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 1966, vehicles were responsible for nearly 60 percent of the 146 million tons of pollutants discharged into the air across the United States. Before joining UCS in 2021, Shen worked for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Work of the Future Task Force while earning a master’s degree in policy and transportation at the school.

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

Legal Planet

EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. I’m an appellate litigator with a focus on climate and Clean Air Act cases. Q: Hi, Sean. For about 15 years I’ve been practicing in a very small firm.

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ESA Policy News: February 20, 2023

ESA

In September 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order reviving several lapsed federal advisory committees, including ISAC and in January 2022, the Interior Department issued a call for nominations for new ISAC members. Still, the inventory finds that emissions were almost 4% lower in 2021 than they were in 2019.

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ESA Policy News: February 6, 2023

ESA

The number of federal employees primarily working from home has declined since 2021, telework is more common for federal employees today than before the pandemic. She started at the USDA in May 2021. New data show that the STEM workforce is growing, employing nearly a quarter (24%) of individuals in 2021, up 20% from 2011.

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