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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update

Clean Energy Law

Subsequently, Senate Bill 32 strengthened the state’s GHG emissions reductions target to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and former Governor Jerry Brown’s Executive Order B-55-18 established a second statewide goal to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible, and no later than 2045.

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Is It Possible to Phase Out Petroleum and Transform our Transportation System?

Union of Concerned Scientists

o C in 2100, relative to pre-industrial times, is still avoidable, but whether or not we are able to stay within these limits and avert catastrophic climate change depends on achieving our climate goals of emissions reductions at least 50 percent below 2005 levels in 2030, on the way to net-zero emissions in 2050.

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

Clean Energy Law

Senate Bill (SB) 32 subsequently strengthened the state’s GHG emissions reductions target to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Our first post in this series discusses CARB’s Proposed Scenario to achieve the state’s GHG targets, which adopts a carbon neutrality target for 2045.

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

Each credit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent pollution below the standard. I’ve written recently about why a Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard , which addresses the bio-based diesel credits. g /MJ and a carbon intensity of 36.4 Pavlenko, Y.H.

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GAO Science and Tech Spotlight Describes Benefits of Synthetic Biology and Challenges Ahead

Brag

.” According to GAO, scientists are currently exploring the use of synthetic biology to address environmental challenges by engineering organisms to use carbon dioxide, produce biofuels for vehicles, and transform methane into biodegradable plastics. Opportunities include: Widely adaptable.

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Climate Choices Part I — N.C. and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Smith Enviorment

A later post will cover the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) Carbon Reduction Plan. The two approaches share goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 70% by 2030 (from a 2005 baseline) and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. rules require a 70% reduction by 2030 (from a 2005 baseline) and carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Space for all: here are some of the huge commercial opportunities away from Earth

Physics World

Indeed, the global satellite internet market, which was worth $2.93bn in 2020, is projected to rise to $18.59bn by 2030. Bezos’s Blue Origin’s rockets are already powered by a mix of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, which emit little or no carbon dioxide when burned. In Viasat’s case, it is launching three new 6.4