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Reducing Methane from Oil and Gas: A Path to a 65% Reduction in Sector Emissions
UPDATED DEC. 2020 Given the urgency of the climate crisis, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should very rapidly put in place methane emissions standards at new and existing oil and natural gas sites, nationwide. In this memo, we describe how ambitious regulations can readily reduce methane emissions in 2025 from…
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CATF Comments on the Inception Impact Assessment for Amendment of the EU ETS
CATF applauds the European Commission for its plans to increase the ambition of the EU’s 2030 climate goals to ensure carbon neutrality by mid-century. CATF also commends the European Commission for pursuing policy innovation on the road to net-zero emissions by mid-century. CATF is grateful for the opportunity to provide…
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Testimony before the EPA Science Advisory Board on the EPA Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses
CATF Attorney Hayden Hashimoto testified at a virtual public meeting of the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) providing support and suggestions regarding the SAB’s report on EPA’s Guidelines for Preparing Economic Analyses. Read the full testimony below.
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Testimony at U.S. EPA Public Hearing on the Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update
CATF Legal Director Ann Weeks testified at an EPA virtual public hearing on the Revised Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Update in support of further reductions of nitrogen oxide emissions from industry that would alleviate localized pollution that disproportionately harms low-income people and persons of color, as well as ozone pollution…
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Biofuels, Indirect Land Use Change, and Global Warming Emissions
When the Renewable Fuel Standard, a biofuel consumption mandate, creates demand in the United States for ethanol and biodiesel, the agricultural sector responds by growing more of the crops that can be used to make biofuel—crops like corn and soybeans.
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CATF Comments on a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
CATF applauds the European Commission for its plans to increase the ambition of the EU’s 2030 climate goals to ensure carbon neutrality by mid-century. CATF also commends the European Commission for pursuing policy innovation on the road to net-zero emissions by mid-century. CATF is grateful for the opportunity to provide…
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2015 Ozone NAAQS Designations
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State and utility climate change targets shift to carbon reductions, technology diversity
There has been a marked shift in state and utility company energy and climate policies towards ambitious carbon targets and an embrace of diverse technologies to achieve them through “Clean Electricity Standards” (or CES’s). This fact sheet documents this trend, and provides a detailed guide to what states and utilities…