Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

The LCFS is the leading example of a Clean Fuel Standard , an approach to transportation fuel policy that holds oil refiners accountable to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuels. CARB has also proposed an auto-acceleration mechanism, which could see the 2030 stringency rise to 34.5

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Biofuels Deforestation 2030 2025 255

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 target will be raised to 3-5% by 2030, subject to the availability and adoption of SAF across the globe.

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Solar Power 2019 Biofuels 2030 130

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.

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Regulations Clean Energy 2030 Climate Change 52

Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts the global burden of disease will have declined 30 percent between 2004 and 2030 and that “mortality rates will continue to fall in most countries” — so long as economic growth continues. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants.

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2020 Air Pollution Climate Change Natural Gas 96