Inhabitant

JANUARY 23, 2023

The EPA has announced its intention to mandate more biofuel use as part of the U.S. reaching its climate change mitigation goals. In late December, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed to increase the amount of ethanol and other biofuels that must be blended into the U.S. fuel supplies over the next three years.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2023

They’re also hoping to circumnavigate efforts to hold them accountable for their contribution to climate change. degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and limiting the worst effects of climate change. Here are some obstacles ahead on the road to corporate accountability based on the signs we see. billion last week.

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Scientific American

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Virgin Atlantic flew the first large commercial jet to traverse the Atlantic with 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel

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Successful Green

APRIL 5, 2021

In a new study, environmental scientists at the University of Basel offer suggestions for how it can be extracted and used as an energy source in the form... The post Carbon-neutral biofuel from lakes appeared first on successful GREEN.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

DO: Pay your fair share of the costs of climate change. cities, counties, and states over climate damages and deception; and 39 cases brought by seven coastal parishes and the State of Louisiana seeking damages for coastal erosion around oil fields. Chevron alone is facing a $9.5

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

decrease was due to other states enacting their own climate policy, so the U.S. figure is not necessarily the right benchmark for where California would be if it and other states hadn’t tackled climate change. Some of the U.S. California Has Done Especially Well at Reducing Power Sector emissions.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 3, 2022

Biofuels are a possibility, although in the long run they are more needed for planes and ships. One solution discussed by the Brookings report would be chargers with much higher charging rates. Those would allow quick charging but would also place extremely heavy demands on the power grid, especially in rural areas.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

by Candelaria Bergero, University of California, Irvine and Steve Davis, University of California, Irvine Several major airlines have pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by midcentury to fight climate change. The … Continue reading The future of flight in a net-zero-carbon world: 9 scenarios, lots of sustainable biofuel

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 6, 2021

Seaweed can play a huge role in fighting climate change by absorbing carbon emissions, regenerating marine ecosystems, creating biofuel and renewable plastics as well as generating marine protein. Read the full story in Time.

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Law and Environment

APRIL 20, 2023

We need a comprehensive approach to tackling climate change, one that targets all sectors of the economy. Biofuels producers could also use clean hydrogen as a feedstock to make lower-carbon liquid fuels, such as sustainable aviation fuel. We’ll need other solutions to fill in the gaps.

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Inside Climate News

AUGUST 25, 2023

On the western half of the state, oil and gas wells dot the Bakken shale, and farmers swap small grains, such as wheat, barley and oats, traditionally grown in the region, for corn and soybeans used as biofuel feedstocks.

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Other research and development opportunities identified include innovation in energy storage, alternative biofuels, electric vehicle batteries, and advanced wind and solar power. The post Biden Announces New Initiative on “Game-Changing” Technologies for Achieving Net-Zero Emissions first appeared on Law and the Environment.

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JANZEN AG

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It is, after all, a biofuel made from plants. Developers are racing to build these new energy projects, offering farmers lucrative deals in order to capture emerging markets for clean energy and carbon credits. Why wouldn’t ethanol also have a seat this table?

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The new biogas subsidization frenzy brings to mind past failures attempting to jumpstart a market for crop-based biofuels.

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Scientific American

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The biofuel, made from used cooking oil, could help the aviation industry cut climate-threatening carbon emissions. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 25, 2023

biofuels, and fossil fuels. energy security “Let’s not take our eye off the ball that we have already entered a period of very dangerous climate change, and we need to help move the entire globe toward low- or zero-carbon fuels and zero-carbon electricity,” said Karl Hausker of the World Resources Institute.

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Frontiers

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Fernanda Echeverría-King; Derya Buyuktanir Karacan; Olusola Oluwayemisi Ololade; Nimita Pandey; Tebogo Mabotha; Huda Omer Basaleem; Rana Dajani; Olubukola Oluranti Babalola; Jae Sung Kwak PDF Nature-Based Solutions for Natural Hazards and Climate Change Edited by Borja Gonzalez Reguero; Michael W.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and Environmental Defense Fund have just launched IRAtracker.org. Source: iratracker.org The IRA is this country’s largest climate investment to date. The expanded renewable energy investment tax credit, for example, now supports investments in energy storage and microgrids.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This facility would turn waste into feedstock to generate electricity or biofuel for use within the airport. Waste-to-energy resource circularity – CAAS will work with stakeholders to determine if Changi Airport can accommodate an on-site waste-to-energy facility.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 18, 2023

Yet climate change and human environmental impacts threaten our long-term food security. While long studied as a source of biofuel thanks to their high lipid or fat content, algae are also attracting interest from researchers because of their potential to be a more efficient food source.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Internationally, New Zealand passed the Climate Change Response (Zero Carbon) Amendment Act of 2019 which targets a 24-47% reduction in biogenic methane emissions by 2050, and a 10% reduction by 2030. This appears to be the only national level agricultural methane target currently in law. Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification.

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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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Law and Environment

JANUARY 26, 2022

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. Funding opportunities to support research and production of SAF projects including $3 billion in loan guarantees available for commercial-scale SAF projects, grant awards totaling more than $3.6

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Law and Environment

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Low-emitting ferries can include ferries using methanol, natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, coal-derived liquid fuels, and biofuels. The law: Establishes a five-year/$250 million Electric of Low Emitting Pilot Program (Sec. Rural areas include areas encompassing a population of less than 50,000 people.

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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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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Shapiro’s agenda to create a bold, comprehensive climate and energy plan that will grow Pennsylvania’s economy, protect and create jobs, and address climate change. It also helps lower the level of carbon dioxide, helping to address climate change. It builds on Gov.

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Brag

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The RFS “Set” proposal requests public input on required volumes of biofuel for the next one to three years and on a series of modifications intended to strengthen and expand the program. EPA states that this proposal includes steady growth of biofuels for use in the nation’s fuel supply for 2023 , 2024 , and 2025.

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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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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Second, while Popkin correctly notes that forests, like solar farms, offer climate-change benefits, the essay does not provide any information on the relative emissions benefits of forested land versus solar farms. For comparison, nearly 3% of solar power is currently sited in urban areas. [1].

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This blog post describes the purpose and scope of the National Climate Assessment and the key takeaways and focus areas of the Sabin Center’s comments. Scope and Purpose of the National Climate Assessment The Global Climate Change Research Act of 1990 established the U.S. 175568 (Exhibit D). 1] See Nos.

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Brag

JANUARY 24, 2023

BETO states that methanol has “rich potential for uses that contribute to lower greenhouse gas emissions and help in the fight against climate change.” According to BETO, the goal is to identify catalysts that can make beneficial products, such as sustainable aviation fuel, efficiently and selectively.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Congress could better target these programs to address climate change. Congress could realign crop insurance with climate and water-friendly requirements to support producers to increase environmental mitigation while still enjoying a government safety net.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

The rest of our power comes from a mix of nuclear power, renewables like hydro, wind and solar power, and biofuel. It increases carbon emissions and makes climate change worse, and the impacts of climate change are not distributed equally. Climate change, air pollution, and environmental racism are just a few.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

By preparing and releasing the scoping plan outlining policy proposals to achieve the stated emissions reduction mandates, the Council has satisfied a critical obligation under the CLCPA and laid the foundation for state climate policy development.

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JANZEN AG

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) created many market incentives to combat climate change. 1 and apply to renewable diesel and other biofuels in addition to SAF.” In theory, these 45Z credits should increase the price paid to farmers who supply raw materials (e.g. corn, soybeans) to renewal fuel producers.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is perhaps the single most ready-made tool for farmers to voluntarily tackle climate change. While there is not one policy solution that can do this alone, the facts show that the U.S. CSP is an incredibly popular program among farmers.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Announced the availability of $500 million from the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP) to increase the availability of domestic biofuels and give Americans additional cleaner fuel options at the pump. USDA also awarded 59 domestic biofuel projects totaling $25 million.

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