September 28, 2024

Industrial Decarbonization

Gov. Phil Murphy
Murphy Signs NJ Low-carbon Concrete Law
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law to give business tax credits to producers who supply state projects with concrete made with lower GHG emissions.
Monarch Tractor
California Energy Commission Awards $46 Million for ZEV Manufacturing
The California Energy Commission awarded large grants to boost in-state production of electric tractors, forklifts, batteries and charging stations.
Washington Dept. of Ecology
Cap-and-trade Revenues Still an Unknown for Wash. Lawmakers
Washington lawmakers won’t know until mid-March how much cap-and-trade revenue they will be able to spend during the 2023-25 budget period.
Shutterstock
DOE: 33 of 79 Preliminary Hydrogen Hub Applications Chosen
Industry, private developers and state governments from every region of the nation applied for federal funding to create hydrogen hubs.
NYSERDA
Scoping Plan ‘Sets Course’ for NY Climate Goals, Raises Questions
Questions remain about how much of the scoping plan can be implemented through agency rulemaking and what will require new legislation.
Washington Dept. of Ecology
Lacking Low-cost Power Agreement, Wash. Smelter Revival Falters
An effort to reopen Washington’s last standing aluminum plant with a lower carbon footprint faltered after BPA declined to guarantee low-cost energy.
JH Kelly
Invenergy Files Suit Against Wash. Cap-and-trade Program
The owner of Washington’s only non-utility gas-fired plant filed a suit over what it claims is discriminatory treatment in the state’s cap-and-trade program.
CARB
CARB Approves Plan to Reach Net Zero by 2045
The California Air Resources Board approved a climate change scoping plan that charts a course for the state to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045.
CARB
Calif. Proposes World’s ‘Most Ambitious’ Climate Goals
California regulators released an updated net zero proposal that Gov. Gavin Newsom says will unleash an "economic transformation" in the state.
U.S. State Department
Democrats and Republicans Duel at COP27
With the midterm election outcome at the time still uncertain, Democrats and Republicans attending COP27 offered differing visions for reducing U.S. emissions.

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