California Republicans push to shift high-speed rail funding to wildfire prevention
California state legislators introduced two bills that would shift the annual state funding appropriated for the state’s High-Speed Rail Authority to wildfire prevention and water infrastructure projects.
Read MoreUS Republican states sue over Biden’s offshore drilling ban ahead of Trump reversal
Attorneys General (AGs) from five Republican states were joined by two oil and gas groups in a challenge to the offshore drilling ban imposed by former US President Joe Biden’s office days before it was reversed by the administration of newly inaugurated President Donald Trump.
Read MoreAttorneys General from 23 Republican states sue EPA over methane tax
The Attorney General of Texas led 22 other states in a lawsuit against the US EPA, alleging that the agency exceeded its authority in implementing a fee for excess methane emissions.
Read MoreCFTC: Investors trim exposure in CCAs, RGGI, LCFS markets
Financial entities reduced net length in V25 California Carbon Allowances (CCA), RGGI Allowances (RGA), and Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LFS) futures and options as volatility spiked in the secondary market, according to data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, which also revealed a bearish picture for the group’s Washington Carbon Allowance (WCA) vintage 2025 holdings for the first time.
Read MoreBRIEFING: LCFS changes, harmonisation between programmes top US biofuel industry wish list -panellists
Looking at the year ahead, the biofuels industry will be balancing programmes across different states and federal jurisdictions, with new sustainability guardrails in California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), panellists said at a technical conference in California.
Read MoreBRIEFING: LCFS lawsuits could punt programme back to regulator without interruption -panellists
Changes to the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) face legal challenges from industry and environmental groups, but revisions from California’s regulator could enable the programme to continue without interruption, panellists said in a technical conference on Wednesday.
Read MoreCalifornia regulator anticipates LCFS changes effective April barring lawsuit injunctions
Recently approved amendments to California’s Low Clean Fuel Standard (LCFS) could be finalised by April, ARB staff told a conference Wednesday, barring potential complications from three ongoing lawsuits.
Read MoreNew York cap-and-invest scheme not likely to allow offsets -analyst
State agencies are expected to design New York’s ETS without provisions for carbon offsets that may allow participants to increase emissions, an analyst said at a conference on Tuesday.
Read MoreLCFS Market: Credit prices stabilise into 2025 after a turbulent year
US clean fuel programme credit values across West Coast schemes held steady heading into 2025 following a year marked by record surpluses and historically low prices.
Read MoreUS EPA power plant rules could accelerate retirements of coal units -report
Coal plants are expected to retire at a quicker rate by 2040 than the EPA anticipates based on the impacts of the federal agency’s power plant GHG emissions rules, according to new modelling by non-profits published on Thursday.
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