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U.S. Climate Law: A Broad & Rapidly Growing Field

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Vehicle biofuels requirements. Investment and incentives for clean technologies under the Inflation Reduction Act. Electric vehicle and biofuel policies E. Standards for carbon and methane emissions from new sources Permitting requirements for carbon emissions from new stationary sources of major sources of existing pollutants.

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Public Comment Period Begins on EPA’s Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft)

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a draft document entitled Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft) for public comment. EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), in consultation with the U.S.

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Glossary of Greenhouse Gas Terms

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Albedo The amount of solar radiation reflected from an object or surface, often expressed as a percentage. Biofuels Gas or liquid fuel made from plant material. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Any gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the atmosphere. Alternative Energy Energy derived from nontraditional sources (e.g.,

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

vital for new technologies that all of us use every day from solar panel technology to wind turbine, engineering design, and the creation of new alloys and polymers. Finally, physics can be used to calculate the amount of energy produced by the processing and burning of biofuel just as it has for fossil fuels.