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DOE cancellation of national transmission corridors undermines effort to build a stronger, more reliable grid
The Department of Energy announced yesterday that it would cancel plans to designate three proposed National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs), a setback for efforts to expand the nation’s electric grid and meet rapidly growing demand for electricity.
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In a win for clean energy, court orders Defense Department to end freeze of wind project reviews
Last week, a federal court issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Department of Defense to end its freeze of wind energy projects reviews.
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NEPA by the Numbers
Clean Air Task Force (CATF) and researcher Kasey Zapatka partnered to analyze the National Environmental Policy Act Text Corpus (NEPATEC) 2.0 dataset collated by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s PermitAI project, the largest publicly available dataset of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents, including categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, and environmental…
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Cementing California’s Future
Executive Summary As California implements its diverse portfolio of comprehensive climate policies and goals, the industrial sector remains one of the largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters in the state, including the cement subsector. Cement is a foundational element to California’s infrastructure and economic advancement, with steady forecasted demand. However, cement…
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Assessment of Decarbonization Pathways for California’s Cement Sector
Introduction California’s economy and climate goals put the state at the forefront of deep decarbonization efforts, having committed to achieving carbon neutrality no later than 2045 and reducing statewide anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions at least 85% below 1990 levels by that date, as codified in AB-1279 (The California Climate Crisis…
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New CATF analyses outlines what it will take to meet California’s net-zero cement mandate
Two new reports from CATF find that California has multiple potential pathways to dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions from cement production.
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California’s cement sector has a net-zero mandate. This is what it will take to meet it.
Cement production presents unique decarbonization challenges due to process emissions and high-temperature heat requirements.
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Clean Air Task Force Comments on New Mexico Environment Department’s Tier 1 Carbon Intensity Calculators for the Clean Transportation Fuel Program
Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of the Tier 1 calculators is important for both the environmental and economic outcomes of New Mexico’s Clean Transportation Fuel Program.
