Air Board Prepares for New Climate Change Scoping Plan
California Air Resources Board staff have begun laying the groundwork for a new Climate Change Scoping Plan that will have big impacts on bioenergy going forward.
Bioenergy can significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions by reducing methane from organic waste and black carbon from wildfire. Bioenergy also reduces greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels by providing low carbon energy and fuels. And bioenergy can reduce petroleum based fertilizers by producing biochar, biosolids and digestate, which are organic soil amendments. BAC promotes policies and research to better capture the climate benefits of bioenergy production. Those include allocating cap and trade revenues to bioenergy development, helping to shape the state’s plan to reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants, promoting the adoption of additional carbon offset protocols, helping to shape the AB 32 Scoping Plan Update, and more.
2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan Update
The Air Board released the 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan Update, which will be adopted later this spring.
BAC Comments on 2030 Scoping Plan Update
Read BAC's Comments on the December 2016 draft Scoping Plan to meet the state's greenhouse gas reduction targets.
California Finalizes Organic Waste Diversion Regulations
To reduce methane and other emissions, state law requires a 75 percent reduction in organic landfill waste by 2025. The new CalRecycle regulations require local government to procure bioenergy or compost instead.
BAC Comments on CalRecycle SB 1383 Regulations
BAC submitted comments on CalRecycle's nearly final draft of SB 1383 regulations.
CalRecycle Released Nearly Final SB 1383 Regulations
CalRecycle's Draft Regulations on Organics Waste Diversion from Landfills.
Governor, Legislature Agree on $1.4 Billion Cap & Trade Investment Plan
The Governor and Legislature have agreed on an Investment Plan for $1.4 billion in Cap & Trade auction revenues, which includes several categories related to bioenergy, including dairy digesters, organic waste diversion, biofuels production, forest health, and R&D.
BAC Comments on Governor’s Proposed Allocation of Cap & Trade Revenues
BAC strongly supports the Governor's proposed allocations for bioenergy, but urges the Administration to add specific allocations for bioenergy from wastewater treatment and forest biomass, and to increase the proposed allocations for biofuels and near zero emission trucks.
BAC’s Comments on Draft Investment Plan
See BAC's recommendations on the Brown Administration's Draft Investment Plan for Cap & Trade revenues in the 2016 and 2017 budgets.
