Legal Planet

APRIL 3, 2023

Vehicle biofuels requirements. Investment and incentives for clean technologies under the Inflation Reduction Act. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rules bearing on electricity transmission E. Electric vehicle and biofuel policies E. Standards for emissions from new vehicles. Federal energy policy A.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 30, 2024

The CI is determined through a lifecycle analysis of the global warming pollution associated with the production and use of gasoline, diesel, biofuels, electricity, or other alternative fuels. California may seem like an unlikely driver of deforestation from soybean and palm oil biofuels. LCFS credit generation.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 3, 2022

We need to make this a national goal, with the ultimate goal of shifting entirely to electric trucks for short-haul shipping. At least with present technology, electric batteries do not seem to be a viable solution for long-haul trucking. Another option would not require new technology. The UK is ahead of us here.

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Brag

JANUARY 4, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a draft document entitled Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress (External Review Draft) for public comment. EPA continues to work on issuing final annual biofuel standards under the RFS Program for future years. Bergeson and Carla N.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Coal power, from mining to generation, is among the thirstiest and most polluting ways to produce electricity. But other low-carbon technologies do not tread as lightly. Growing trees to store carbon or harvesting plants to convert into biofuel is a commitment of land, water, and fertilizer, which can pollute rivers and aquifers.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2024

Supported alternative fuels include electricity, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, propane, hydrogen, hythane, biodiesel, ethanol, methanol, and other advanced biofuels. The deadlines for applications are June 28 and December 20. Visit DEP's Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants webpage for all the details.

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A Greener Life

MARCH 21, 2024

E-SAF is even cleaner, but it is more expensive than SAF and is made of biofuel. E-SAF is made synthetically, extracted from renewable electricity, water, and CO2 and converted into a fuel via a power-to-liquid process. Biofuel SAFs are defined as renewable or waste-derived aviation fuels.

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Frontiers

MARCH 17, 2023

By Colm Gorey, Frontiers science communications manager Image: Shutterstock.com From drones to using ‘poison nut’ as biofuel, the world of energy research is undergoing immense change. They found that electric propulsion systems can increase drone performance, indicating some future scope in this field.

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Earthava

MAY 17, 2021

One prominent solution to this issue is using green technology to develop transportation and make them sustainable. Green technologies are eco-friendly inventions that’ concerned with energy efficiency, recycling, renewable resources , and more. A great example is a biofuel. Introduces alternative fuel solutions.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

The grants support electricity, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, propane, hydrogen, hythane, biodiesel, ethanol, methanol, and other advanced biofuels. There are two deadlines for applications- August 26 and December 16. For all the details, visit DEP’s Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants webpage.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

Scenario 2: Achieves carbon neutrality by 2035 with aggressive deployment of a full suite of technology and energy options, including CCS and other engineered carbon removal. Scenario 3: Achieves carbon neutrality by 2045 by deploying a broad portfolio of existing and emerging fossil fuel alternatives and clean technologies.

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Montrose

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Del Rio Renewable Biofuels project is led by partners Clean Energy and TotalEnergies, with Montrose serving as the Engineering, Procure and Construction partner. Process selection, system and component sizing and integration of technologies to convert the manure into valuable RNG.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Electric power related emissions went down about 40% from 2009 to 2019. Carbon intensity takes into account emissions occurring production and transportation of fuel or the fact that plants grown for biofuels actually suck CO2 out of the atmosphere. Some of the U.S. The verdict on this issue seems very clear.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

Meanwhile, annual reports show corporations are pushing ahead with plans to expand production, betting on new technologies to somehow make it all okay in the future. Further, these efforts are focused on carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, and biofuels—technologies that aim to stash carbon emissions away, not reduce their production.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2024

It plans to develop renewable hydrogen production facilities from renewable and nuclear electricity using both established and innovative electrolyzer technologies, where it can help reduce costs and drive further technology adoption. The region includes Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A quick glance at the latest data from CARB shows there are three large and growing sources of credits: bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity. Bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity are the largest and fastest growing sources of LCFS credits in recent years.

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Cresforum

OCTOBER 25, 2023

need to deploy clean energy technologies to achieve net zero emissions? biofuels, and fossil fuels. As Dr. Williams pointed out, by reducing domestic fossil fuel consumption and adopting a fuel diversity approach, including zero-carbon fuels and zero-carbon electricity, the U.S. imports peaked in 2007. As the U.S.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

Capacity-Based Crediting : These added provisions allow an entity to generate LCFS Credits for the deployment of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) fueling infrastructure, including hydrogen stations and electric vehicle (EV) fast charging sites. Transportation technology and fuels both implicate the LCFS Program. emphasis added) [4].

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Over the decades, technological advancements, particularly the advent of GPS in the 1990s , revolutionized telematics by providing real-time location tracking. The Role of Telematics in the Electric Vehicle Transition As fleet managers look to transition to electric vehicles (EVs), telematics is an essential tool.

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Brag

JANUARY 24, 2023

” It can generate electricity when used for fuel cells, serve as a heating fuel for boilers, or be used as a sustainable or blended fuel for road, marine, or (potentially) aviation. Hutton The U.S.

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Brag

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

It is anticipated that these funds will support new projects related to rural electric system resiliency, biofuels, renewable energy technologies, and more. The two-hour listening session is aimed at electric cooperatives, environmental advocates, and other environmental groups. Written comments are due November 28, 2022.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

However, with entirely electric-powered aircraft some way off from becoming commonplace and limited in range, airlines have turned to cleaner jet fuels to help reduce their impact on the planet in the meantime. Taking other technologies into account. Read original article ? Download original article (pdf).

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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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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

Visit DEP’s Assessment Of Solar Development On Previously Mined Lands webpage for more information. Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. Questions should be directed to Louie Krak at lkrak@pa.gov.

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Frontiers

JANUARY 18, 2023

A more efficient food source The review highlights the current technologies for commercially developing and growing microalgae, as well as the scientific and economic challenges to scaling production.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Instead of projecting energy trends forward based on specified assumptions about resources, technology, and economic and policy conditions, this one takes the target of global net-zero in 2050 as a constraint, then joins the dots back to the present. Not this time. Compared to IEA’s regular reports, this study reversed the logic.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By expanding renewable power, phasing out fossil fuels, electrifying as much of the economy as possible, and deploying other technologies, the U.S. More transportation options = less buildout of the electric grid UCS’s project examined several ways that the US can lower global warming emissions consistent with limiting overall warming to 1.5

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Law Columbia

MARCH 8, 2023

Section 60103 creates a “Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund” (GGRF), which the EPA Administrator can use to make grants for the deployment of zero-emission technologies, and to carry out other greenhouse gas emission reduction activities.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

Biofuels Gas or liquid fuel made from plant material. It also includes greenhouse gases that come from producing the goods or services that the individual uses, including emissions from power plants that make electricity, factories that make products, and landfills where trash gets sent. volume mixing ratio) and oxygen (20.9%

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Additionally, MDE’s choice to regulate “site” EUI as opposed to “source” EUI is simply wrong if, again, the overarching goal is reducing GHG emissions, because Maryland is and will be a net importer of electricity (. 7) For covered buildings with fewer than five tenants, electric.”. Section 02.02.04.B(5),

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Forestry Practices, EQIP FY2021 CSAF Category Practice Name Financial Assistance Total FA For CSAF Category Percent of Total EQIP Financial Assistance Soil Health Conservation Cover $5,134,163 $142,748,326 11.3% Livestock Partnership Anaerobic Digester $1,806,244 $3,943,914 0.3% Grand Totals $381,524,784 30.1%

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

Fifteen years ago, for example, it designed a virtual minivan—dubbed the Vanguard —that could meet California’s global warming emission standards at the time using existing technologies and fuels, demonstrating that the auto industry had the ability back then to produce cleaner cars. Below is an abridged version of our conversation.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 18, 2023

Federal law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is encouraging livestock feeding operations, like this one in Cochise County, Arizona, to convert manure to methane for electricity and transportation fuel. The electricity to separate hydrogen from oxygen in water molecules is generated by nearby wind farms.

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Environmental Science

AUGUST 7, 2018

vital for new technologies that all of us use every day from solar panel technology to wind turbine, engineering design, and the creation of new alloys and polymers. It was also the age of electricity and the light bulb - a great age of invention. Sponsored Content. This is both a theoretical and an applied science.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

But what you probably haven’t heard is that our grid is getting dirtier again, with fossil fuels increasing in our electricity supply from burning natural gas. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Ontario Energy Output by Fuel Type: 2020 . Source: IESO [link].

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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. In April, Air Canada committed to investing $50 million in SAFs and other carbon-reducing technologies. With the sector contributing 2.8%

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Minnesota Federal Court Said State Biofuel Mandate Was Not Preempted. The performance standard for new coal-fired electric utility steam generating units is based on a highly efficient supercritical pulverized coal unit with partial carbon capture and storage as the best system of emission reduction (BSER). United States v.

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