Massachusetts Renewable Portfolio Standard and Woody Biomass Eligibility...
The Wilderness Society has been interested in the revision of Massachusetts’ Renewable Portfolio Standard regulations concerning biomass energy facilities. These standards will have a significant...
View ArticleClimate change action - uncertainty is not an excuse
Aug 5, 2011The is blog post is written by Valerie Shen, a sophomore at Harvard College, who is interning this summer for the Climate Change Policy team at The Wilderness Society.When The Wilderness...
View ArticleComments on California's Mandatory Reporting Rule for biomass greenhouse gas...
On August 9, 2011, a group of environmental organizations, including The Wilderness Society, provided comments (see below) to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) on proposed revisions to the...
View ArticleContinued development of the California Cap-and-Trade Rule
The State of California continues implementing and developing a suite of innovative climate policies including a Renewable Portfolio Standard, a Regional Planning and Smart Growth program, and a Low...
View ArticleBiomass Sustainability in the California Low Carbon Fuels Regulation
The State of California has a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation which mandates that California’s transportation fuels should be at least 10 percent less carbon intensive by the year 2020. The...
View ArticleComments to EPA on Accounting Framework for Biogenic Carbon Dioxide Emissions
On July 20th, 2011, EPA published its Final Three-Year Deferral Rule which deferred for three years a requirement for biomass burning facilities to account for their net carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions....
View ArticleNot all biomass conversion is "carbon neutral"
In January of 2011, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that biomass energy facilities and other biogenic stationary sources will not need to account for their net carbon dioxide (CO2)...
View ArticleReport: drilling generates more carbon than public lands can absorb
Dec 5, 2013Public lands generate about 4.5 times more atmospheric carbon than they are currently able to absorb, according to a new report from the Center for American Progress (CAP). In short, oil and...
View ArticleStudy: Best carbon solution is trees
Mar 29, 2015After a year of research, scientists at Oxford University have discovered the best technology for reducing carbon from the atmosphere: trees.Their study, released earlier this year, looked...
View ArticleNew bill will direct federal agencies to account for carbon emissions from...
Oct 26, 2017Today, Reps. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Niki Tsongas (D-MA) introduced H.R. 4126 Transparency in Energy Production Act...
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