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California Climate Policy: A Preliminary Report Card

Legal Planet

That adds up to something in the ballpark of fifty million tons of CO2 that California kept out of the atmosphere during that decade beyond what happened in the power sector nationally. Over the course of the decade, then, about a quarter of California’s reduction was over and beyond the national trend. Some Puzzles Remain.

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‘The Opportunity Is Now’: Water Advocates View Upcoming UN Climate Conference as Moment of Relevance

Circle of Blue

When they converge on Glasgow this fall to rekindle pivotal global climate negotiations that were dampened during the pandemic, diplomats and government ministers will confront a world much changed since their last convention. Both options can increase water use , and biofuel production adds the potential for nutrient pollution of waterways.

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What’s Up With Water – September 20, 2021

Circle of Blue

When diplomats and government ministers converge on Glasgow this fall, they hope to rekindle pivotal negotiations on global climate that were dampened during the pandemic. It stressed the need to reduce the release of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, and to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

California’s LCFS is causing problems for other states and the federal government. 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. Unfortunately, this is far from the truth.

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U.S. Pushes Farmers to Develop A New Crop: Energy

Circle of Blue

Gevo asserts its “farm-to-flight” project will release 80 percent less carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than ethanol produced by a conventional plant. None of it would be possible without government support. Last September Gevo, a Colorado developer, broke ground for Net-Zero 1, a $875 million, 6.5

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Arguments over Solar Geoengineering Research

Legal Planet

The way to do this that now looks most promising would be to spray a fine mist of reflective aerosols in the upper atmosphere. All research is governed, mostly through normal processes of peer review, research-program management, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. to 1%) of incoming sunlight.

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New Inflation Reduction Act Tracker Launched by the Sabin Center and EDF

Law Columbia

Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of the Interior (DOI), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)—to implement the IRA. This section appropriates $27 billion to EPA for the GGRF, including $7 billion for low-income and disadvantaged communities.