Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 1, 2022

Maersk is replacing some of its vessels with those that can run clean energy -- a move that it hopes will make it carbon neutral and impact the shipping industry. The post Maersk Will Hit the High Seas with Carbon-Friendly Vessels appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Environment + Energy Leader

APRIL 1, 2022

Maersk is replacing some of its vessels with those that can run clean energy -- a move that it hopes will make it carbon neutral and impact the shipping industry. The post Maersk Will Hit the High Seas with Carbon-Friendly Vessels appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Waste-to-energy resource circularity – CAAS will work with stakeholders to determine if Changi Airport can accommodate an on-site waste-to-energy facility. This facility would turn waste into feedstock to generate electricity or biofuel for use within the airport.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

Further, these efforts are focused on carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and biofuels—technologies that aim to stash carbon emissions away, not reduce their production. billion per year—less than 2 percent of ExxonMobil’s annual revenue, and far less than its profits from just the last three months.

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Montrose

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Del Rio Renewable Biofuels project is led by partners Clean Energy and TotalEnergies, with Montrose serving as the Engineering, Procure and Construction partner. Read Clean Energy’s press release for additional information here.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Or, they may use “any similar methodology that satisfies the criteria under § 211(o)(1)(H) of the Clean Air Act.” The IRS guidance addresses the second option.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Other research and development opportunities identified include innovation in energy storage, alternative biofuels, electric vehicle batteries, and advanced wind and solar power. We will be tracking future funding announcements under this initiative.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Council’s draft plan recommends a broad array of regulatory measures, legislation, and other state actions across every sector of the state’s economy – any and all of which could have significant implications for New York’s clean energy markets for decades to come.

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Brag

APRIL 12, 2022

million funding opportunity to improve the science and infrastructure for converting waste streams into bioproducts and biofuels that can benefit the local energy economy. On March 22, 2022, DOE announced a $34.5

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

billion available to support rural electric cooperatives through the Empowering Rural America (New ERA) program to for clean energy projects. Announced the availability of $1 billion to fund dozens of new clean energy projects and energy storage to serve rural Americans across the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

The AFIG program supports the transition to alternative fuels including electricity, compressed natural gas, renewable natural gas, liquefied natural gas, propane, hydrogen, hythane, biodiesel, ethanol, methanol, and other advanced biofuels.

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Brag

JUNE 10, 2021

Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE) announced that the United States, Denmark, and Norway joined forces with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping to lead a new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 24, 2023

Funding improves health outcomes and lower energy costs for people in rural communities. Letter of Interest (Required): 9/15/2023 Powering Affordable Clean Energy Program … Continue reading USDA Rural Development funding opportunities through the Inflation Reduction Act Federal Register Notice.

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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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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Low-emitting ferries can include ferries using methanol, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, coal-derived liquid fuels, and biofuels. The law: Establishes a five-year/$250 million Electric of Low Emitting Pilot Program (Sec. Rural areas include areas encompassing a population of less than 50,000 people.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

The IRA extends and expands several tax credits and incentives, including those for renewable energy investments and production, clean vehicles, carbon capture and sequestration, biofuels, and commercial and residential energy efficiency.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

As shown in Figure 4-2, copied below from the Draft Scoping Plan Update, the transportation fuel mix in 2045 under the Proposed Scenario sees a substantial decrease in liquid petroleum fuels with increases in electricity, biofuels, and hydrogen.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2023

A 2022 peer-reviewed study that built on UCS’s Climate Accountability Scorecard found that BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell continue to depend almost entirely on fossil fuels, with insignificant and opaque spending on clean energy.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

As shown in Figure 4-2, taken from the Draft Scoping Plan, the projected transportation fuel mixes in 2035 and 2045 indicate a substantial decrease in liquid petroleum fuels with increases in electricity, biofuels, and hydrogen.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 13, 2020

As discussed in previous posts , regulated entities must either: (1) ensure that fuels supplied in California meet annual, decreasing carbon intensity (CI) targets ( e.g. , by blending biofuels into gasoline and diesel); or (2) procure and surrender credits to CARB.

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Brag

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Department of Energy (DOE) announced $25.5 million in funding to enable the sustainable use of domestic biomass and waste resources, such as agricultural residues and algae, to produce low-carbon biofuels and bioproducts.

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Brag

JUNE 3, 2022

Department of Energy (DOE) issued a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) titled “Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries.” ” The FOA states that $59 million is available to expand the production of biofuels and bioproducts. Secretary of Energy, Jennifer M.

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Brag

JANUARY 10, 2023

The prospective 2023 Conversion R&D FOA would support the development of technologies that convert domestic lignocellulosic biomass and waste resources, including industrial syngas, into affordable biofuels and bioproducts that significantly reduce carbon emissions under two main areas of interest: Overcoming barriers to syngas conversion; and.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 24, 2022

The post Rolls-Royce Says Carbon-Reduction Programs Are Costly But Create Business Opportunities appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Rolls-Royce is committed to designing products that be compatible with net-zero operation by 2030.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The EPA proposes increasing the amount of biofuels in the nation’s energy supply through 2025. Biofuels Targets Rise. The EPA is proposing to increase the amount of ethanol and other biofuels in the nation’s energy supply through 2025, when the target will be 10 percent larger than today. The Rundown.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The new law includes hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of investments in building clean energy infrastructure, improving the resilience of our forests and farms and taking steps toward environmental justice. The IRA’s investments in clean energy infrastructure could transform our economy. Photo by Courtney Baxter.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . Ontario has built a clean energy supply. Source: IESO [link]. Prioritizing renewable generation is no longer appropriate.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Minnesota Federal Court Said State Biofuel Mandate Was Not Preempted. The Zero Emission Credit (ZEC) program was established as part of the PSC’s proceeding to establish a Clean Energy Standard to achieve the statewide goal of obtaining 50% of New York’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030. United States v.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Today’s choice to pass the most ambitious and transformative climate and clean energy investments in our nation’s history will reverberate throughout the generations that follow, making our air purer, our communities safer, our economy stronger, and our families and neighbors healthier.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

300 billion in tax credits for renewable power, biofuels and energy efficiency. 29 billion for a green development bank, the Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator. $30 29 billion for a green development bank, the Clean Energy and Sustainability Accelerator. $30 billion for electric bikes.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

If Germany didn’t count emissions-producing and land-intensive fuels like biomass and biofuels as renewable, which most environmental groups, even Greenpeace, believe it shouldn’t, the share of its electricity from non-emitting, non-hydro renewables is just 34 percent.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

John Podesta, a former climate adviser in the Obama White House and a White House chief of staff during the Clinton administration, will join the Biden administration as the senior adviser for clean energy innovation and implementation. This new role will include overseeing the implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This goal directs 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain federal investments in environmental cleanup, climate mitigation and clean energy to disadvantaged communities. EPA – Request for Nomination of Experts for the Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress Peer Review Panel.

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ESA

MAY 23, 2022

What You Need to Know About Biofuels – PoliticoPro. ESC – Statement to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board On the Critical Role the DOE Office of Science Plays in Responding to the Climate Challenge and Clean Energy Transition (Jan. The brief recommends streamlining and expanding the U.S.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

ESC – Statement to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board On the Critical Role the DOE Office of Science Plays in Responding to the Climate Challenge and Clean Energy Transition (Jan. EPA – Request for Nomination of Experts for the Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress Peer Review Panel.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 14, 2021

The plan builds on his Build Back Better campaign platform, which emphasized the jobs these investments will create as the nation transitions to a clean energy economy. The following summarizes the major climate, renewable energy and other environmental provisions included in the American Jobs Plan. Clean Energy Manufacturing.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

Transformative investments in clean energy transmission, EV, and hydrogen infrastructure through provisions incorporated in the Energy Infrastructure Act ( S. Division D—ENERGY. More than $91.1 The remaining $2.5

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