The California Air Resources Board’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) seeks to incentivize the production and sale of alternative, lower-emissions transportation fuels to displace conventional fossil fuels. But there are some well-documented questions about the program’s incentives for industrial dairy operations. This report analyzes several commonly raised issues regarding California’s dairy digester policy. The report comes as the California Legislature declined to move on SB 709, a bill introduced last year to reform the role of dairy biogas in the LCFS.
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J.D Environmental Law
From a bench in the Shapiro Courtyard, the drama on Capitol Hill can feel worlds away. But for any student curious about practicing law in Washington D.C., there’s actually a very convenient conduit. The UCDC Law Program places students from UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Hastings, and Berkeley in a full-semester externship with leading organizations in their area of study.
Reducing methane emissions is a high priority for greenhouse gas mitigation. Several jurisdictions are starting to use methane remote sensing from aerial, satellite, and ground-based platforms and more are planning to do so soon. The trajectory and potential limitations of these advances are still emerging. Yet they are likely to have profound implications for methane control efforts, whether pursued through managerial, market, informational, regulatory, or other legal and policy channels.
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J.D Environmental Law
Controlling methane emissions is an urgent goal of governments around the world, but some jurisdictions are farther along than others.
This policy brief is a global survey of existing and proposed regulatory approaches to controlling anthropogenic methane emissions from the highest-emitting sources. The brief was written by Gabriel Greif, Emmett/Frankel Fellow of Environmental Law.