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The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, or Assembly Bill (AB) 32, is a California state law that fights global warming by establishing a comprehensive program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources throughout the state.
The carbon dioxide used to make synthetic fuels may be directly captured from the air, recycled from power plant flue exhaust gas or derived from carbonic acid in seawater. Common examples of synthetic fuels include ammonia and methane , [ 2 ] although more complex hydrocarbons such as gasoline and jet fuel [ 3 ] have also been successfully ...
Additionally, on September 26 Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 107, which requires California's three major biggest utilities – Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas & Electric – to produce at least 20% of their electricity using renewable sources by 2010. This shortens the time span originally enacted by ...
California is embracing carbon capture and storage technology to fight global warming, but critics say it will only increase oil production. California hopes to fight global warming by pumping CO2 ...
The idea is to stop CO2 from reaching the atmosphere by storing it in geological formations underground, according to the Commission. Uptake of CCS technology has not been widespread, however.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering approval of California's first ever carbon storage project, to be in Kern County.
Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued Executive Order S-1-07 on January 19, 2007, to enact a low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS). [14] [15] The LCFS requires oil refineries and distributors to ensure that the mix of fuel they sell in the Californian market meets the established declining targets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions measured in CO 2-equivalent grams per unit of fuel ...
California’s gas prices already average $4.00 per gallon, about a dollar higher than the national average. High gas prices hit the state’s low- and middle-income households, and rural ...