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A Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

The LCFS is the leading example of a Clean Fuel Standard , an approach to transportation fuel policy that holds oil refiners accountable to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuels. California may seem like an unlikely driver of deforestation from soybean and palm oil biofuels.

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U.S. Pushes Farmers to Develop A New Crop: Energy

Circle of Blue

The law provides $140 billion in tax incentives, direct loans, and grants to replace fossil fuels with cleaner renewable energy that lowers emissions of carbon dioxide. When the plant begins production, scheduled for 2025, it qualifies for a $1.75 million gallons of jet fuel per year from wood chips. That’s not all.

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PJM Interconnection Extends Conservative Operations, Low Voltage Alert Thru Thursday

PA Environment Daily

23 Webinar On Data Centers - How To Ensure AI And Cryptocurrency Mining Don't Delay Transition To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College: Feb. 22 On ARCH2 Appalachian Hydrogen Hub , On Campus, Washington, PA, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Project To Hold Open House Jan.

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PJM Interconnection: Extreme Cold Produces PJM Record For Winter Electricity Demand; Maximum Generation Alert Remains In Effect Into Thursday

PA Environment Daily

23 Webinar On Data Centers - How To Ensure AI And Cryptocurrency Mining Don't Delay Transition To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College: Feb. 22 On ARCH2 Appalachian Hydrogen Hub , On Campus, Washington, PA, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Project To Hold Open House Jan.

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139 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

18 - Energy Industry And Its Impacts On Freshwater Resources [PaEN] -- North Central Grassroots Conservation Fair March 14 Wellsboro, Tioga County [PaEN] -- PA American Water Charitable Foundation Accepting Applications For 2025 Water & Environment Grants [PaEN] -- Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grant Letters Of Intent Due Feb.

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Testimony of Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020

Environmental Progress

The “climate policies” the authors refer to are ones that would make energy more expensive and result in more bioenergy (the burning of biofuels and biomass), which would increase land scarcity and drive up food costs. New York State is in the process of closing Indian Point nuclear power plant and replacing it with fossil fuels.

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Replacing McConnell

Legal Planet

Who will lead the Senate in 2025? Cornyn’s Senate website emphasizes expansion of fossil fuel production but also touts Texas as a “trailblazer in renewable energy.” The odds are that it will be a Republican. Democrats have a slim margin and face some close races, while all the GOP seats seem secure. John Cornyn (TX).