California air quality regulators on Thursday adopted the nation’s toughest standards for oil and natural gas production, transmission, distribution and storage operations as a key tool in the state’s efforts to counteract climate change.
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California Storage Leak Mitigation Plan Could Be Problematic For SoCalGas
California air quality regulators have issued a proposed climate impacts mitigation program to counteract the climate change setback from the four-month Aliso Canyon natural gas storage well leak. Aliso operator Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) now finds itself at odds with stakeholders and news media alike.
NGV Industry Pushes Back on Proposed California Low-Carbon Standards
As part of the implementation of its 2006 Climate Change law (AB 32), California is considering major changes in the state’s low carbon fuel standards (LCFS) that could set back the growing natural gas vehicle (NGV) market. All the major NGV players have weighed in on the issue at the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
California Climate Law on Track, State Officials Say
With the energy sector and methane squarely in the sights of state regulators, California is on track to meet its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets by 2020, and it is revising plans to set more challenging reduction targets for 2030, state officials said earlier this month. The goal is to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.