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California Air Resources Board Releases Draft Scoping Plan Update

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

The Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update takes an all-of-the-above approach to decarbonize California. On May 10, 2022, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its Draft 2022 Scoping Plan Update for public review and comment. By Joshua T. Bledsoe and Brian McCall.

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Duke Energy aims to double renewable energy capacity by 2030

Renewable Energy World

The announcement comes as Duke intends to deploy $63 billion of capital over the next five years, 80% of which is expected to support investments in grid modernization and zero or lower-carbon emitting generation. The Carbon Plan" would then be reviewed every two years and may be adjusted. Courtesy: Duke). "As

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Fossil Fuel Companies Made Bold Promises to Capture Carbon. Here’s What Actually Happened.

DeSmogBlog

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) was high on the agenda at New York Climate Week last week, where critics of the technology raised concerns it would be used to extend the life of the fossil fuel industry. The data showed us that their carbon capture plans are not working at scale.” What CCS Projects Promise. And What They Deliver.

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How the Oil Industry Indefinitely Delays Cleaning up Oil and Gas Wells in California

DeSmogBlog

Unplugged wells frequently continue to emit methane , a greenhouse gas with a warming impact many times that of CO2. billion in global profit in 2022. The second largest holder is Aera Energy, which was owned by Shell and ExxonMobil until 2022, and which retains 8,948 idle wells. billion each.

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The Battle to Stop Air Products’ Carbon Capture Project at Lake Maurepas Grows

DeSmogBlog

This arresting visual captures the sentiments of opponents of a plan to develop the world’s largest carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project under the lake. billion “Clean Energy Complex” to manufacture blue hydrogen and an accompanying carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project, that would be operational by 2026.

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As EU Weans Itself From Russian Energy, U.S. Shale Gas Industry Pushes New LNG Export Plant in Pennsylvania

DeSmogBlog

LNG boom threatens to release vast amounts of methane, a powerful climate pollutant that is the main component of natural gas. On June 8, 2022, just such an explosion at the Freeport LNG export plant in Texas released a 450-foot-high fireball , shuttering the plant for nine months.

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The Meat Industry Is Advertising Like Big Oil

DeSmogBlog

In 2015, the NPPC, which claims only 3 percent of pig farmers as members, joined NCBA in lobbying to repeal a law that went into effect in 2013 allowing beef and pork producers to put “Made in the USA” labels on their product. In 2022, the Beef Checkoff granted $8.1 on how beef is sustainably raised today.”