The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service on Jan. 7 released the final rules for the Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit, under section 45Y, and the Clean Electricity Production Tax Credit, under section 45E. Known as the technology-neutral credits, the final rules clarify what type of clean electricity zero-emissions technologies are…...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced $1.35 billion for two grant programs, to improve climate resilience and tackle the effects of adverse weather. The annual Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities, or BRIC, grant program will provide $750 million to projects that protect communities and infrastructure against natural disasters. The Flood Mitigation Assistance program will…...
Washington’s greenhouse gas emissions declined 13.8 percent during 2020, according to a Jan. 6 report from the Washington Department of Ecology. The report, titled Washington State Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory: 1990-2021, summarizes emissions from 1990 through 2021 to track the state’s progress against its legal limits on emissions. GHG emissions increased by 8.8 percent in…...
The Biden-Harris administration released memoranda on Jan. 6 withdrawing more than 625 million acres of the U.S. ocean from offshore drilling. The action prohibits future oil and natural gas leasing in three ocean and coastal regions: the eastern U.S. Atlantic coast and Eastern Gulf of Mexico; Pacific Coast along California, Oregon, and Washington; and the…...
