Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2022

However, on the narrow but important issue of carbon dioxide emissions, an acre of solar panels appears to offset more emissions each year than an acre planted with trees can sequester. metric tons of carbon dioxide per year. What about the carbon that is released when an acre of forest is removed?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Each credit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent pollution below the standard. I’ve written recently about why a Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard , which addresses the bio-based diesel credits. Source California Air Resources Board.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

volume mixing ratio), together with a number of trace gases, such as argon (0.93% volume mixing ratio), helium, radiatively active greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (0.035% volume mixing ratio), and ozone. Biofuels Gas or liquid fuel made from plant material. The dry atmosphere consists almost entirely of nitrogen (78.1%

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Brag

JANUARY 24, 2023

With atmospheric carbon dioxide levels on the rise, “innovative research that finds ways to transform CO 2 in the atmosphere into something positive is more important than ever.” BETO notes that the long-term challenge of the research will be scaling up scientific findings into commercial applications.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

of the world’s total carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion, many airlines are considering carbon-capture-and-storage technologies and electric-powered planes. One year later , it scheduled more than 200 trial flights between Paris and Amsterdam using biofuel made from used cooking oil.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

2] Governor Newsom, citing the Draft Scoping Plan Update’s reliance on CCS, included $100 million in new monies for carbon removal projects in his updated budget proposal.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 6, 2024

DEED) Oil and gas companies and their top trade groups were aware for decades that carbon emissions contribute to climate change, according to a scathing new report from congressional investigators. For example, for years, Exxon sought to associate its brand with algae-based biofuels. Closeup of biofuel in a laboratory.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 2, 2024

Read the full story at the Robb Report. The sci-concept of turning emissions into jet fuel is already here. How quickly it can power the world’s jets is still up in the air.

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Brag

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The selected projects all directly contribute to producing renewable biofuels and biobased chemicals and materials. They also help ABF build foundational technologies critical for the decarbonization of the industrial and transportation sectors.

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Physics World

JANUARY 19, 2022

Bezos’s Blue Origin’s rockets are already powered by a mix of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, which emit little or no carbon dioxide when burned. Powered by ultra-low-carbon biofuel, it will have 86% fewer emissions than a fossil-fuel rocket.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Given the hurdles to achieving international cooperation, ICAO deserves kudos for developing its Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), the program that aims to put the brakes on emissions from aviation—a sector responsible for approximately 5% of man-made radiative forcing.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

The program’s original target was to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuel used in California by 2020 at least 10% from a 2010 baseline.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

The AFIG program supports the transition to alternative fuels including electricity, compressed natural gas, renewable natural gas, liquefied natural gas, propane, hydrogen, hythane, biodiesel, ethanol, methanol, and other advanced biofuels. It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, helping to address climate change.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

A biofuel trade association challenged NHTSA’s consideration of California’s Zero Emissions Vehicles (ZEV) program in identifying the baseline as preempted by EPCA’s provision targeting state laws “related to fuel economy standards.” The oral argument centered on these arguments.

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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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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Shapiros Budget Includes Energy Plan; Funding To Make-up Deficit In Oil & Gas Program; New State Park, Trail Initiative; Over $6.2 27 Webinar: General Update Of Large-Scale Solar In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline: Solar Energy Projects On Manheim Twp.

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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.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

We specifically urged the authors to acknowledge the need for effective climate resilience planning and to discuss the limited extent of such planning today by electric utilities, system operators, and others in the energy industry. 175564 (Exhibit A). 175568 (Exhibit D). 1] See Nos. 175569, 175570, and 175571 (Exhibit E).

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Acoel

JANUARY 16, 2024

Less than a quarter of cropland is devoted to food directly eaten by humans, with the rest going to mostly to animal feed and biofuel feedstock, and it takes many pounds of grains to produce a pound of beef. Bovine guts generate methane, which is 85 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over 20 years.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 4, 2023

The Proposed EMC Rules: The draft rules being considered by the EMC would set the stage for North Carolina to join 11 other states in a market-based program — the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) — to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electric generators. Under the draft N.C. The proposed N.C.

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The executive order will include training programs for biotechnology workers and is expected to cover sectors from pharmaceuticals to biofuels and agricultural food supplies. White House CEQ – Carbon Dioxide Capture, Utilization and Sequestration (CCUS) Federal Lands and Outer Continental Shelf Permitting Task Force.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 10, 2023

Each year, the shipping industry delivers more than 10 billion tons of goods—amounting to approximately 90% of all trade but emits 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in the process. For several years, Ocean Conservancy has joined with partners to sound the call for the decarbonization of the shipping industry.

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Ocean Conservancy

MARCH 10, 2023

Each year, the shipping industry delivers more than 10 billion tons of goods—amounting to approximately 90% of all trade but emits 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide in the process. For several years, Ocean Conservancy has joined with partners to sound the call for the decarbonization of the shipping industry.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

32] Part of the reason the planet is greening stems from greater carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and greater planetary warming. [33] 33] Scientists find that plants grow faster as a result of higher carbon dioxide concentrations. This is due to both rising agricultural productivity and environmental conservation. [32]

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Minnesota Federal Court Said State Biofuel Mandate Was Not Preempted. CBD said that even if rehearing were not granted, the court should modify its “overbroad” conclusion that EPA’s Guidance for Determining Best Available Control Technology for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Bioenergy Production (Bioenergy BACT Guidance) was rational.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

The bill authorizes and appropriates $5 billion over a 5-year period to implement the Clean School Bus Program to reduce carbon emissions by purchasing low-and-zero-emission school buses. million is directed toward passenger ferry grant programs to replace existing ferries with electric and other low carbon ferries. The remaining $2.5

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