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Climate Policy: What’s Happening at the State Level?

Legal Planet

Under the Clean Air Act, California has the unique ability to set its own standards for tailpipe emissions from new vehicles, including greenhouse gases. There are some aggressive milestone requirements: 35% of new vehicles must be electric by 2026 and 68% in 2030. Other states can then piggyback on California’s efforts.

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Diesel is the Reason for the Sneezin’: Cleaner Holiday Deliveries are on the Horizon

Union of Concerned Scientists

But while greenhouse gas emissions may be reduced, a delivery fulfilled by a diesel-burning truck may lead to increases in emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides and lung-damaging particulate matter. While the latter part of this conclusion is obvious, the former part isn’t as much.

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China’s Stock Exchanges to Plan Sustainability Disclosure Rules for Big Companies

Clean Energy Law

Regulated Entities Under the Guidelines, the top 180 companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the top 50 companies on its Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange must publish SDRs annually, within four months of the end of their fiscal year.

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Battery State of Health – What is It? Why is It Important? 

Union of Concerned Scientists

Transportation is a large contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. The California Advanced Clean Cars II regulation. This indicator will increase consumer awareness and trust in the product, but the regulation stops short of requiring access to the indicator after the battery is out of the vehicle. .

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California Passes Landmark Corporate Climate Transparency Bills

Legal Planet

Many of these companies are already undertaking some form of Scope 3 emissions accounting, and what’s more, SB 253 wouldn’t impose penalties on regulated businesses until 2030, giving the business world plenty of time to figure out how to more accurately measure and report this data. State regulators, too, will benefit from this information.

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Energy & Climate CounselFoley Hoag LLP Amendments to Massachusetts’ Clean Energy Standard Finalized, Accelerating Progress Towards Decarbonization of the State’s Electricity Sector

Law and Environment

The regulations were amended in 2020 to include a program for existing generation units, CES-E, which has several distinct requirements. The agencies further note that the accelerated schedule is consistent with the state’s greenhouse gas emissions goals, its 2030 Interim Clean Energy and Climate Plan, and its 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap.

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Guiding Principles for EV Battery Recycling Policy

Union of Concerned Scientists

While EVs already result in less greenhouse gas emissions than the gasoline alternative, using these recycled materials substantially lowers impacts associated with material sourcing. It is important for EV owners to know the health of their battery, an indicator that is required starting in 2026 for EVs in California.

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