The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provided $1.2 trillion in federal funding for infrastructure, including approximately $384 million to support California EV infrastructure through the National Electric...more
U.S. state and federal lawmakers, as well as federal regulators, are increasingly focusing on the role of blockchain and distributed ledger technology (“DLT”) in ongoing efforts to combat climate change and to facilitate the...more
Here are six key items to be aware of today concerning FERC Carbon Pricing Policy:
1. FERC issues Policy Statement on carbon pricing. On October 15, 2020, during a FERC webcast technical conference on “Carbon Pricing in...more
2/4/2021
/ Battery ,
Blockchain ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) ,
Carbon Pricing ,
Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
Natural Gas ,
NYISO ,
Pipelines ,
Tax Equity
The Earth’s climate is changing. With unprecedented fires in California and the State’s litigation with the federal government, the Brazilian rainforest fires, and the aircraft industry’s inability to curb aircraft emissions,...more
11/4/2020
/ Air Pollution ,
Air Quality Standards ,
Airlines ,
Cap-and-Trade ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Forestry ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Preemption ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wildfires
Yesterday President Trump announced on Twitter that the U.S. was revoking California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act (CAA) which allowed it to impose stricter tailpipe emission standards than the federal ones. California’s...more
9/19/2019
/ Air Pollution ,
Automotive Industry ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Motor Vehicles ,
National Emissions Standards ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Revocation ,
Rollbacks ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trump Administration ,
Waivers