THE NET-ZERO BLOG
Climate policy analysis and updates from Sacramento
CARB's opportunity on low-carbon fuels
The California Air Resources Board will soon initiate a series of regulatory proceedings on different programs to cement the ambitions of the 2022 Scoping Plan into state policy. One of the first – and perhaps the most consequential – will be the Low Carbon Fuel Standard. In this blog post, we highlight gaps in the upcoming LCFS rulemaking.
Final Scoping Plan identifies key role for carbon dioxide removal
Today, the California Air Resources Board released its proposed 2022 Final Scoping Plan, providing a roadmap for how the state can achieve net-zero emissions by 2045. The Plan identifies a key role for technological carbon dioxide removal, including direct air capture and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage.
California advances toward climate goals: carbon capture and storage
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change identified that technologies that capture, transport and store carbon dioxide are essential for achieving net-zero emissions targets. SB 905 (Caballero; Skinner) establishes a comprehensive framework to deploy carbon capture and storage in California. In this blog post, we review SB 905 and describe how capturing CO2 from industrial and bioenergy point sources as well as directly from the air can help California achieve its climate goals. This blog post is the final instalment of our three-part review of California’s 2022 legislative session on climate and clean energy.
California advances toward climate goals: permit streamlining
To achieve net-zero emissions by 2045, the sheer volume of new clean energy projects that must be planned, permitted, built and commissioned in only 23 years is unprecedented. AB 205 – a 2022 budget trailer bill passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor – establishes a number of landmark siting and permitting reforms to reduce lead times and incentivize an increase in clean energy deployment. In this blog post, we review AB 205 and provide context for California’s net-zero challenge. This blog post is the second of a three-part series that reviews key outcomes from California’s 2022 legislative session on climate and clean energy.
California advances toward climate goals: the $39 billion budget
The Legislature and Governor Newsom recently delivered a game-changing $39 billion climate budget and an important set of new policies to propel California towards its climate goals. In this blog post – the first of a three-part series – we review the central piece to the state’s recent actions: the $39 billion climate budget.
Op-ed: Maximizing the impact of a history-making federal clean energy investment program
Op-ed announcement: A recent op-ed in The Hill describes a novel approach to identifying and prioritizing policy and investment actions in order to achieve ambitious climate targets.