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Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

Union of Concerned Scientists

The report, initially scoped in 2024 and planned for completion by 2027, aims to provide technical guidance on measuring, reporting, and verifying emissions removals from CDR technologies. However, disagreements over the inclusion of marine CDR prevented consensus, meaning the outline will be revisited at the next plenary.

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Delays and Disagreements: The IPCC’s Struggle to Stay on Course

Union of Concerned Scientists

The report, initially scoped in 2024 and planned for completion by 2027, aims to provide technical guidance on measuring, reporting, and verifying emissions removals from CDR technologies. However, disagreements over the inclusion of marine CDR prevented consensus, meaning the outline will be revisited at the next plenary.

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Fresh, May 16, 2023: New Wisconsin Law Aims to Protect Watersheds From Farm Runoff

Circle of Blue

The undertaking is estimated to be completed between 2027 and 2030. NASA: A new NASA satellite, called Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT), launched in December, will have its data shared with the public for the first time this summer, Great Lakes Echo reports.

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Pennsylvania Sea Grant Accepting Applications For 2024-26 Coastal Resources Research Grants

PA Environment Daily

Funding is provided by the National Sea Grant College Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Penn State University, and matching funds from participating investigator institutions. These strategic focus areas are described in the program’s 2024-2027 strategic plan, which is available online.

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Second District Affirms Judgment Rejecting CEQA And Other Challenges To CARB’s “Technology-Forcing” Emissions-Control Regulation For At-Berth Tanker And Other Ships

CEQA Developments

On February 13, 2025, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. 93130 et seq). Western States Petroleum Association v. California Air Resources Board (2025) Cal.App.5th.

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Offshore Oil and Gas and the Biden Administration

Ocean Conservancy

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Carbon Dioxide Removal through Coastal Blue Carbon: A Review of Commitments in Nationally Determined Contributions

Law Columbia

For each NDC we reviewed, we searched for the keywords “blue carbon,” “carbon sink,” “wetland,” “mangrove,” “saltmarsh,” “seagrass”, as well as broader terms such as “blue economy” and “ocean”. Relevant phrases from NDCs, including these terms, were extracted and analyzed. Australia is another example.