Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

Tricky math on heat-trapping emissions The report reiterates ExxonMobil’s 2030 emissions reduction targets, the headliner being a 20-30% reduction in corporate-wide intensity. Heat-trapping emissions must be cut in half by 2030 to reach the Paris agreement goal of keeping global warming to 1.5

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 24, 2022

Rolls-Royce is committed to designing products that be compatible with net-zero operation by 2030. It says that all of its products will be compatible with carbon neutrality by 2050 -- an expensive goal but one that will create value.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

o C in 2100, relative to pre-industrial times, is still avoidable, but whether or not we are able to stay within these limits and avert catastrophic climate change depends on achieving our climate goals of emissions reductions at least 50 percent below 2005 levels in 2030, on the way to net-zero emissions in 2050.

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Brag

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Department of Energy (DOE) announced on January 26, 2023, $118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels for America’s transportation and manufacturing needs.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Background The Blueprint aims to reduce domestic aviation emissions [i] from airport operations by 20% from 2019 levels (404ktCO2) in 2030 and achieve net zero domestic and international aviation emissions by 2050. This target will be raised to 3-5% by 2030, subject to the availability and adoption of SAF across the globe.

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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. million to aid in evaluating the safety of new fuels, and over $61 million for projects to advance biofuels and support reduced cost of SAF pathways. Amazon Air purchased 6 million gallons of SAF.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Council further agreed to soften its recommendation that the state enact clean fuel standard legislation, and instead decided to recommend in the draft plan the use of biofuels and electric vehicles.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

SB 1383 (2016) explicitly mandated a 40% reduction in methane released as a product of manure management in the dairy and livestock sectors alongside a 40% reduction in overall methane emissions statewide (including, e.g., from oil and gas and other agricultural sources) by 2030. Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When I started working on biofuel policy back in 2008, there was a lot of criticism of corn ethanol because in some cases it had lifecycle emissions higher than gasoline. The CI of an electric vehicle charged with solar power is zero, and most of the biofuels fall somewhere in the middle [i]. ii] O’Malley, J., Pavlenko, Y.H.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 21, 2024

The target is that by 2030 the airline will be using SAF for 10% of its flights. E-SAF is even cleaner, but it is more expensive than SAF and is made of biofuel. The plant will produce sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), a key cornerstone in order to meet the government’s 45% emissions reduction target by 2030.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

One such effort involves the use of so-called ‘sustainable aviation fuel’ (SAF), a mixture of biofuels and petroleum-derived jet fuel. The biofuel element of SAFs is commonly made from crops and are thought to have a lower life-cycle carbon footprint than conventional jet fuel because the crops absorb CO2 when they’re grown.

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Brag

JANUARY 17, 2022

In the RFI “Overcoming Barriers to Renewable Fuel Scale-Up and Demonstration,” DOE expresses its wish to obtain input from biofuels producers and technology developers regarding their readiness to scale process technologies to pilot- and demonstration-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel, and renewable marine fuels.

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Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 13, 2020

As discussed in previous posts , regulated entities must either: (1) ensure that fuels supplied in California meet annual, decreasing carbon intensity (CI) targets ( e.g. , by blending biofuels into gasoline and diesel); or (2) procure and surrender credits to CARB.

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Brag

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

million in funding for projects focused on the production of cost-effective and low-carbon biofuels. As part of a White House roundtable to launch the Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Grand Challenge to decarbonize the aviation sector by 2050 , on September 9, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the availability of $64.7

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Brag

JUNE 10, 2021

Ensure that by 2030 , at least 200 of these zero-emission fueled ships are in service and using these fuels across their main deep-sea shipping routes.

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Physics World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Indeed, the global satellite internet market, which was worth $2.93bn in 2020, is projected to rise to $18.59bn by 2030. Powered by ultra-low-carbon biofuel, it will have 86% fewer emissions than a fossil-fuel rocket. Established providers, such HughesNet and Viasat , currently use a few big high-performance satellites in large orbits.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Environmental groups mostly praised the rapid phasedown of fossil fuels, but also criticized the report for being too conservative in assuming only 90 per cent renewable electricity generation, and for the scenario’s substantial reliance on growth in nuclear power, carbon capture, and biofuels.

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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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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

TAKE ACTION : Tell Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) that you support the phase-out of polluting gas powered electricity by 2030. The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . Source: IESO [link].

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Brag

APRIL 24, 2023

.” According to GAO, scientists are currently exploring the use of synthetic biology to address environmental challenges by engineering organisms to use carbon dioxide, produce biofuels for vehicles, and transform methane into biodegradable plastics. Opportunities include: Widely adaptable.

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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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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 4, 2023

The two approaches share goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 70% by 2030 (from a 2005 baseline) and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. The CO2 emissions budget gradually declines over time; currently, RGGI has a goal of reducing CO2 emissions by 30% (from a 2020 baseline) by 2030. The proposed N.C. The draft N.C.

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Law Columbia

JULY 12, 2022

The court case specifically addresses KLM’s so-called “fly responsibly” and “CO 2 ZERO” campaign, advertising that customers can fly “responsibly” by making payments to a GHG compensation scheme, and to a lesser extent, through the purchase of biofuels. SAFs’ current use is less than 1%. C” target of the Paris Agreement.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Additionally, if a building actually reduces its GHG emissions by 20% in advance of January 1, 2030, such should be in compliance with the law irrespective of some Energy Star score (that may or may not reflect any reduction in GHG emissions). This is a major void.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2022

ExxonMobil’s ads also showcase the company’s research into making biofuels from algae, another technology that cannot deliver steep cuts in global warming emissions in the crucial period between now and 2030.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

Biofuels can play a productive role when used at a sustainable level. Source EIA Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update ) Using more oils and fats for fuel instead of food and animal feed has consequences for competing users of these products and for the global agricultural system. Source US Energy Information Administration.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

“While the Build Back Better Act puts us on a solid trajectory to combat dangerous climate disruption, more is needed to achieve our national goals to reduce carbon emissions 50 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels and the ultimate goal of net-zero by 2050. “As

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2024

We’ve made progress The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) contribute significantly towards the US’s 2030 climate targets (50-52% reduction of global warming emissions below 2005 levels) and exceed these targets by 2035. This difference is enough to power more than 35 million homes.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Minnesota Federal Court Said State Biofuel Mandate Was Not Preempted. The Zero Emission Credit (ZEC) program was established as part of the PSC’s proceeding to establish a Clean Energy Standard to achieve the statewide goal of obtaining 50% of New York’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030. United States v. Ruffatto , No.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

Subsequently, Senate Bill 32 strengthened the state’s GHG emissions reductions target to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and former Governor Jerry Brown’s Executive Order B-55-18 established a second statewide goal to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible, and no later than 2045.

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Washington Nature

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

much closer to fulfilling our Paris Agreement commitment of halving emissions by 2030: the funding and programs laid out in the legislation put us on track to cut emissions by about 40% in the next eight years. As we shared here when the bill passed the House in August, the IRA puts the U.S. See what he had to say.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

Senate Bill (SB) 32 subsequently strengthened the state’s GHG emissions reductions target to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. 2] In alignment with California’s 2030 GHG target, the amendments strengthened and extended the CI benchmarks to a 20% reduction below the 2010 baseline by 2030 and in each year going forward.

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Brag

JANUARY 10, 2023

The prospective 2023 Conversion R&D FOA would support the development of technologies that convert domestic lignocellulosic biomass and waste resources, including industrial syngas, into affordable biofuels and bioproducts that significantly reduce carbon emissions under two main areas of interest: Overcoming barriers to syngas conversion; and.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 10, 2023

The federal fleet is also facing a turning point, with estimates that it will decline to only 18 vessels by 2030 if no investments are made into retrofits and new builds. Replacing these vessels would result in a higher impact on emissions reductions comparatively.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 10, 2023

The federal fleet is also facing a turning point, with estimates that it will decline to only 18 vessels by 2030 if no investments are made into retrofits and new builds. Replacing these vessels would result in a higher impact on emissions reductions comparatively.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts the global burden of disease will have declined 30 percent between 2004 and 2030 and that “mortality rates will continue to fall in most countries” — so long as economic growth continues.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The “climate policies” the authors refer to are ones that would make energy more expensive and result in more bioenergy use (the burning of biofuels and biomass), which in turn would increase land scarcity and drive up food costs. The IPCC comes to the same conclusion. [74] Elvidge et al., 9 (2007): 1962-1979, [link]. [10]

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