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Fifth National Climate Assessment Reveals Grim Outlook and the Need for Urgent Action
Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) was released this month. The NCA5 describes itself as “the US Government’s preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses. It is…
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Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act (VCMDA) Adopted
The recently adopted Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act (VCMDA) will go into effect on January 1, 2024. (See Assembly Bill (AB) 1305 (Chapter 365, of Statutes of 2023).) …
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CARB Reports Emissions Are Up
CARB recently released a preliminary greenhouse gas inventory reporting that the the state’s emissions increased in 2021 and 2022 as compared with 2020. Reporting by Scoping Plan sector in units of…
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EJAC: Critical of Scoping Plan, Calling it Business as Usual
The EJAC meet several times during the preparation of the new scoping plan in 2021 and 2022, on June 3, August 3 and 26, September 22 and 27,…
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SB 253 and 261: Climate Accountability Package Includes New Corporate Transparency Requirements
Recently, California enacted two climate-related reporting statutes, making it the first state in the U.S. to impose requirements on companies to disclose and report their emissions. The Climate…
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CARB’s Scoping Plans
The California Scoping Plan refers to a comprehensive strategy developed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to outline measures and actions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions…
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