THE NET-ZERO BLOG
Climate policy analysis and updates from Sacramento
Publication: Policy Options for Deep Decarbonization and Wood Utilization in California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard
California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is one of the most important policies to develop and deploy low-carbon and carbon-negative fuels. Yet, because the LCFS is designed to deliver the lowest-cost carbon intensity reductions possible in the transportation fuel system, it may fail to deliver technologies that would be poised to offer deeper decarbonization or other ancillary benefits to California's people and environment. This publication from Frontiers in Climate explores administrative changes to the LCFS which would further stimulate the commercialization of promising low-carbon and carbon-negative fuels.
Pathways to Forest Health and Carbon Neutrality in California
As part of our long-term policy design work, CSG has been exploring how California can achieve its ambitious forest health and GHG emissions reduction goals. In this blog post, we highlight findings to date from collaborations with UC Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and others, including promising strategies for aligning the state’s forest health and carbon neutrality goals.
Lawrence Livermore Releases Landmark Report Highlighting Pathways to Achieve Carbon Neutrality in California by 2045
On January 30th, 2020, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory released a first-of-its-kind report which identifies and quantifies the negative emissions opportunities that would enable California to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 or sooner. In this blog post, we highlight key findings from this report.