Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

Meanwhile, annual reports show corporations are pushing ahead with plans to expand production, betting on new technologies to somehow make it all okay in the future. 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.

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Law and Environment

JANUARY 26, 2022

With respect to SAF, the government plans to scale up SAF production to at least 3 billion gallons per year by 2030. Airlines for America, an industry trade group representing airlines such as Delta, United, and American, announced a commitment to work alongside the government to reach this goal. Build Back Better.

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Nanotech

MAY 1, 2024

Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) consortium, wants to hear questions, comments, or concerns to help find ways to increase the benefits and decrease the burden of new industry on communities.

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Brag

MARCH 14, 2022

On March 16, 2022 , the House Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Energy will hold a hearing on “ Bioenergy Research and Development for the Fuels and Chemicals of Tomorrow.” Bergeson and Carla N. Dr. Eric Hegg, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The growing credits for electricity reflect the growing number of EVs on the road in California, and support California’s goal of phasing out combustion technologies in favor of zero emissions vehicles. California’s LCFS is causing problems for other states and the federal government.

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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 15, 2023

Department of Energy (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and education, community, industry, and other government partners.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

The report also says ExxonMobil expanded its Low Carbon Solutions business—spun out as a separate company in 2021—by “focusing on competitively advantaged opportunities in carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and biofuels.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Fifteen years ago, for example, it designed a virtual minivan—dubbed the Vanguard —that could meet California’s global warming emission standards at the time using existing technologies and fuels, demonstrating that the auto industry had the ability back then to produce cleaner cars. Transit agencies in Washington, D.C.,

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Agricultural methane policies, where they exist, tend to take predominantly three forms: regulation , cap – and – trade programs , and government incentive programs. Finally, governments can implement direct incentive programs which fund or otherwise facilitate the implementation of agricultural methane reduction measures.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

With so many agencies involved, it can be difficult for state and local governments, Native American tribes, community groups, non-profit organizations, and others to keep track of what is happening and to engage and participate in the development and implementation of the tax credits, grants, policies and other programs created by the IRA.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, many airlines are considering carbon-capture-and-storage technologies and electric-powered planes. In April, Air Canada committed to investing $50 million in SAFs and other carbon-reducing technologies. With the sector contributing 2.8%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By expanding renewable power, phasing out fossil fuels, electrifying as much of the economy as possible, and deploying other technologies, the U.S. Technologies like biofuels and hydrogen, while necessary, come with potential drawbacks. can achieve its climate goals by 2050—and a new report from UCS shows how. million homes.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Instead of projecting energy trends forward based on specified assumptions about resources, technology, and economic and policy conditions, this one takes the target of global net-zero in 2050 as a constraint, then joins the dots back to the present. Not this time. Compared to IEA’s regular reports, this study reversed the logic.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2023

E is for (Anti)-ESG Over the past few years, more asset owners and managers have been taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into consideration when making investment decisions. But these technologies are no substitute for sharp cuts in fossil fuels if we keep the goals of the Paris climate agreement within reach.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Yet an April 2016 internal memo reveals that the company has a less climate-friendly purpose for this technology, which was at the time (and still is) unproven at scale. Similarly, a draft presentation of the company’s 2018 Outlook for Energy admitted that algae fuel technology is “[s]till decades away from the scale we need.”.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 10, 2023

Building on an earlier analysis of The Maritime Fleet of the USA , this report analyzes vessel characteristics, fleet activity and alternative maritime fuels and technologies, and makes a series of policy recommendations. -flagged vessels to a zero-carbon future and decarbonize the federal fleet. If the U.S. An aging U.S. fleet The U.S.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 10, 2023

Building on an earlier analysis of The Maritime Fleet of the USA , this report analyzes vessel characteristics, fleet activity and alternative maritime fuels and technologies, and makes a series of policy recommendations. -flagged vessels to a zero-carbon future and decarbonize the federal fleet. If the U.S. An aging U.S. fleet The U.S.

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Brag

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The report does not examine the policies and programs of individual sectors that contribute to the bioeconomy ( e.g. , biofuels, biomanufacturing, pharmaceuticals, or agriculture), but instead discusses the bioeconomy from a macro level perspective. According to the report, issues for consideration regarding advancement of the U.S.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Today, the federal government including other programs in EPA allows a broad breadth of professionals, and across the country, it may be attorneys at law who most often provide that type of verification (e.g., In section 26.28.02.C., and accountants provide that third party verification in SEC matters and the like.

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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. So why is Ontario planning to ramp up the lone fossil fuel in the mix, when so many other governments are racing to do the opposite to cut carbon emissions? Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . Source: IESO [link].

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

In a separate but similar Ninth Circuit appeal, the federal government filed a brief on October 18 urging the court to overturn a district court decision vacating the listing of a ringed seal subspecies as threatened based on climate change threats through the end of the century. Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. United States v.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 18, 2023

None of it would be possible without government support. Photo © Keith Schneider/Circle of Blue Other Developments In January, Avapco LLC, a biofuel company that operates an ethanol refinery in Thomaston, Ga. This will be the cleanest ethanol plant in the world with the lowest carbon footprint,” he said.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The mining company claims the spill was not toxic, while the Angolan government says it is still investigating the matter. _. But other low-carbon technologies do not tread as lightly. These technologies require even more energy. Biofuel crops, whether they are switchgrass or sugarcane, could be grown in areas that are wetter.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 2, 2023

Both rounds of funding saw successful NSAC member proposals, including three projects on which NSAC members – the National Center for Appropriate Technology , Pasa Sustainable Agriculture , and Marbleseed – are leads. Among recipients were two minority-serving institutions of higher education and one Tribal government (Figures 4 and 5).

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A hopeful sign of this movement is the thoughtful report released in March by a Committee of the National Academies, which recommended starting a US Federal research program and gave detailed suggestions on research priorities, funding, and governance arrangements. Scientific research is not conducted in an anarchy.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The coalition includes NGOs including the American Lung Association, NRDC, Public Citizen, Sierra Club, and many others; California and 19 other states (including Michigan); clean technology firms and power companies; and the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, whose members include all the major motor vehicle manufacturerss.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

Rather, they resulted in low-wage service sector jobs, greater dependence on imported Chinese technologies, and higher energy costs. And over the last decade, the technology used in the vast majority of installed solar panels has only become 2-3 percent more efficient. The problem with renewables is physical.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Lawmakers are working to pass a short-term spending package to keep the government open in October. Congress appears likely to pass a short-term spending measure keeping the government funded through Dec. The current government fiscal year ends Sept. In this issue: Congress. Executive Branch. International. Joe Manchin (D-WV).

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

White House announces new leadership for the Office of Science and Technology Policy. ESA Traditional Ecological Knowledge section to hold webinar with Office of Science and Technology Policy staff. Appropriations: Congress approved a measure to keep the government open through March 11. Executive Branch. International.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Governments and farmers have known what “biosecurity” measures to take for decades, and enacted them, partly, in response to the 2005 avian flu (H5N1) epidemic. As a result of cleaner-burning coal, the transition to natural gas, cleaner vehicles, and other technological changes, developed nations have seen major improvements in air quality.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Technological change and agricultural modernization will significantly outweigh climate change in the U.S. Technological change and agricultural modernization will significantly outweigh climate change in the U.S. I will make four points in my testimony: 1. and around the world. and around the world.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

House passes measure keeping the government open through March 11. This work includes but is not limited to work on strategic technologies. In contrast, USICA Creates a Technology and Innovation Directorate focused on “key technology focus areas.”. Forest scientists press counties to keep managed fire policy.

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ESA

MAY 23, 2022

In response to a question from a BIO AC member, an NSF representative shared that the federal government is considering how to improve how it collects gender demographics at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy level. What You Need to Know About Biofuels – PoliticoPro. To apply, visit the web page.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

trillion into traditional and next generation infrastructure technologies, and represents the work product of 22 Republican, Democratic and Independent Senators who painstakingly negotiated the package in concert with the White House. Electric Vehicle Infrastructure. Overall, the bill invests $7.5 Clean Corridors Program. Eligibility.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 14, 2021

The plan also proposes a ten-year extension and phase down of an expanded direct-pay ITC and production tax credit (PTC) for clean energy generation and storage, which will be paired with strong labor standards; clean energy block grants for state, local, and tribal governments; and federal procurement of 24/7 clean power for federal buildings.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Mike Collins (R-GA) will chair the Research and Technology Subcommittee and Rep. More News: Landowner help sought to protect endangered animals, plants – Associated Press Biden’s New Policy to Protect Federal Scientists May Lack Teeth to Prevent Retaliation – Government Executive What You Need to Know About EPA’s Waters of the U.S.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Courts Republican-led state sue to block environmental, social and governance retirement investing rule. Executive Branch Biden administration finalizes rule reinstating roadless protections for the Tongass National Forest. States New Mexico lawmakers advance climate legislation.

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