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Glossary of Greenhouse Gas Terms

Greenbuilding Law

With proposed federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring GHG disclosure and new state statutes, including a new Maryland law that requires not only disclosure, but also a mandated reduction in GHG emissions, a greater appreciation of the subject of GHG appears in order.

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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.

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BETO Announces that Scientists from Multiple National Labs Are Finding New Ways to Convert Carbon Dioxide into Affordable Biofuels and Bioproducts

Brag

BETO states that methanol has “rich potential for uses that contribute to lower greenhouse gas emissions and help in the fight against climate change.” According to BETO, the goal is to identify catalysts that can make beneficial products, such as sustainable aviation fuel, efficiently and selectively.

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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.

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

Circle of Blue

Adaptation, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and accounting for climate damages will be prominent topics at the UN climate convention in November. It’s also an essential consideration as countries plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the goals of the Paris agreement. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

Under the LCFS each fuel pathway gets a unique carbon intensity (CI) based on a lifecycle analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and use of the fuel. The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i].

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What’s Up With Water – September 20, 2021

Circle of Blue

It stressed the need to reduce the release of heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere, and to limit global warming to 1.5 It’s also an essential consideration as countries plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris agreement. degrees Celsius. Ingrid Timboe is a co-chair of the water pavilion.

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