Brag

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) New Chemicals Program will hold a webinar on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. EST) to learn about requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the premanufacture notice (PMN) process for biofuels.

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Brag

JANUARY 5, 2023

On December 2, 2022, the U.S. Bergeson and Carla N.

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Brag

AUGUST 12, 2022

” BETO partnered with T2C-Energy, LLC (T2C) to validate pilot-scale production of drop-in biofuels with a price of $3 per gallon of gas equivalent (GGE) and at least 60 percent lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than petroleum, using T2C’s TRIFTS ® process. Bergeson and Carla N.

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Brag

MARCH 25, 2022

On March 23, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a webinar on “ Biofuel Premanufacture Notices: New Chemical Risk Assessment and Applications of Tools and Models.” EPA states that to support this effort, it is offering outreach and training to stakeholders interested in biofuels.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

This free online resource includes a searchable database that catalogues all of the climate change-related provisions in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), as well as a tracker that records actions taken by federal agencies to implement those provisions. The IRA Tracker homepage.

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Brag

JANUARY 24, 2022

On January 21, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new effort under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to streamline the review of new chemicals that could be used to displace current, higher greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting transportation fuels. Bergeson and Carla N. Registration for the meeting is open.

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Brag

MAY 18, 2022

On April 18, 2022, EPA announced the opportunity for public comment on its proposed analysis of the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with biofuels produced from canola/rapeseed oil. Comments must be submitted by May 18, 2022. Bergeson and Ligia Duarte Botelho, M.A.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 4, 2023

By coincidence rather than design, two different approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power sector have been under discussion by North Carolina agencies since 2021. The two approaches share goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 70% by 2030 (from a 2005 baseline) and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2022

On September 21, 2022, the New York Times published an essay by Gabriel Popkin titled “Are There Better Places to Put Large Solar Farms Than These Forests?” By Matthew Eisenson. According to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, utility-scale solar power produces between 394 and 447 MWh per acre per year.

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Brag

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The report recommends ways to improve models, increase reporting and transparency, perform targeted verification of emissions, and other avenues that will better inform policymaking for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation fuels. Biofuel production facilities typically produce additional products.

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Brag

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The European Parliament (EP) voted on September 14, 2022, to increase the share of renewables in the European Union’s (EU) final energy consumption to 45 percent by 2030 , under the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), a target also backed by the European Commission (EC) under its “RepowerEU” package.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

OCTOBER 6, 2023

And in 2022 , the number of farmers turned away from CSP due to a lack of funding had grown to over 24,000. In 2020 , more than 20,000 farmers were turned away from the program due to a lack of funding. In these two years, more than 75% of the farmers that applied to one of USDA’s most effective climate programs were turned away.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 10, 2023

This follows our post last week alerting commercial real estate owners and tenants in those buildings in Maryland about these regulations requiring Greenhouse Gas Data Must be Collected Beginning January 1 in Maryland. When the General Assembly enacted SB 528 in April 2022, the social cost of C02 as estimated by the EPA was $51 a metric ton.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 24, 2022

The claim is not that any of that is not true, but rather that sustainable and ESG advertising claims appeal to consumers who will fly KLM and other airlines when the only current means of airlines to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is to fly less.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

EPA In November 2022, EPA was the first federal agency to award Inflation Reduction Act dollars with $30 million to expand community air monitoring in 37 states, followed by an additional $25 million in clean air grants to improve air quality across the country. USDA also awarded 59 domestic biofuel projects totaling $25 million.

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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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Circle of Blue

APRIL 18, 2023

Federal law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is encouraging livestock feeding operations, like this one in Cochise County, Arizona, to convert manure to methane for electricity and transportation fuel. The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act authorized a $3 production tax credit for every kilogram of so-called “green hydrogen.”

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 9, 2023

An EPA draft report outlines the damage that federal biofuels policy has wrought on land and water. The guidance directs agencies to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions in dollar terms, using an accounting aid known as the social cost of carbon. Environmental Impact of Biofuels. The Census Bureau identifies the number of U.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2022

On April 26, 15 projects by schools, businesses, and community organizations around the state were recognized with the 2022 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence. Winning Projects The 2022 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence were awarded to: -- Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc. Read more here.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

The Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update takes an all-of-the-above approach to decarbonize California. On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update for public review and comment. By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Brian McCall.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update (Draft Scoping Plan) for public review and comment. While in May 2021 LCFS Credits were trading for an average price of $190, [6] in the week of May 23-29, 2022, CARB reports an average Credit price of $105.03. [7] By Joshua T.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 2, 2023

Photo credit: USDA NRCS Texas In February 2022, the U.S. In late 2022 USDA announced further details about projects, and more recently debuted the Partnerships Network. Through the first round of grants, USDA prioritized proposals with high greenhouse gas (GHG) and carbon sequestration benefits.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

In particular, the bill extends FY 2021 enacted levels through FY 2022 for federal transportation programs and reauthorizes various surface transportation programs for FY 2023-2026. The bill also includes provisions related to federal-aid highway, transit, safety, and rail programs of the DOT. The remaining $2.5 117th Cong.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 14, 2021

The infrastructure debate is far from over as President Biden and lawmakers maneuver campaign pledges, a closely-divided Senate, and an upcoming 2022 congressional election. The American Jobs Plan calls for $621 billion in transportation infrastructure and resilience, which includes various climate priorities for President.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

greenhouse gas emissions, more than the electric power sector. EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Transportation is now the source of 28% of U.S. In all three cases, challengers invoked the major questions doctrine.

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Law Columbia

MAY 13, 2025

The reconciliation process for the fiscal year 2025 federal budget is underway and, unsurprisingly, various provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) are at risk. 60103 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund EPA Sec. 60108 Advanced Biofuel Research and Development EPA Sec. 60111 Greenhouse Gas Corporate Reporting EPA Sec.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 26, 2024

A requirement that gasoline contain a certain percentage of biofuel. The Supreme Court upheld EPA’s decision to regulate greenhouse gases. The Supreme Court overturned EPAs refusal to consider the dangers of greenhouse gases. A greenhouse gas, Acrylic Bicarbonate-32. The General Welfare Clause of the U.S.

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ESA

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In September 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order reviving several lapsed federal advisory committees, including ISAC and in January 2022, the Interior Department issued a call for nominations for new ISAC members. EPA : The draft annual greenhouse gas emissions inventory finds that U.S. emissions increased 5.5%

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