In the past year, several landmark judgements and legislations have been brought into action within the United States. These comprise laws that focus on greenhouse gases, emissions reduction, regulation of carbon markets and more.
Within this version of our Legislative Tracker, we have captured key bills that were introduced in the US Federal and State legislation, as well as in Canada during 2021-2022.
Throughout the year, the continent has witnessed threats such as wildfires, drought, and rising temperatures among others. They have also paved the path for big policy decisions in response to the environmental crises.
Some of these landmark judgements include the rejection of a proposed California plan to reduce ozone levels in the San Joaquin Valley, the regulation of pesticide chlorpyrifos under US federal environmental laws, and many more.
Several key bills focusing on the broader environmental domain have an impact on different carbon-related markets: from Cap-and-Trade, Carbon-intensity based clean fuels, to Voluntary markets.
Table of Contents
- British Columbia, Canada
- All Categories
- Low Carbon Fuels Act
- California Cap & Trade
- Greenhouse gases: carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration.
- greenhouse gases: market-based compliance mechanism.
- Greenhouse gases: work-from-home option.
- Hydrogen: green hydrogen: emissions of greenhouse gases.
- Net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases: state agency operations.
- Public retirement systems: fossil fuels: divestment.
- Public utilities: gas corporations: gas plants: new construction or substantial modification.
- Cap & Trade, Voluntary
- Climate Corporate Accountability Act.
- General
- Climate change.
- LCFS
- California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: aviation greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan.
- Decarbonizing Fuels Incentive.
- Electric vehicle charging stations: reliability standards: low-income and disadvantaged community financial assistance.
- Offsets
- Forestry: forest carbon and resilience goals.
- Low-embodied carbon building materials: carbon sequestration.
- REC
- Electricity: clean firm electricity purchases.
- REC, Cap & Trade
- California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program: bioenergy projects.
- Clean Energy, Jobs, and Affordability Act of 2022. Cap & Trade
- An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
- An Act to enact the Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights and to make related amendments to other Acts
- An Act to enact the Climate-Aligned Finance Act and to make related amendments to other Acts Connecticut, USA
- GHG Reduction
- An act concerning the carbon content of concrete used in state projects
- REC
- An act redefining "Class I Renewable Energy Source" to include certain useful thermal energy generated from biodiesel and
- creating a homeowner- generated useful thermal energy program
- RGGI
- An act concerning the use of funds generated from the greenhouse gas reduction fee
- Delaware, USA
- GHG Emissions
- An act to amend titles 7 and 29 of the delaware code relating to climate change
- Renewable Energy
- An act to amend title 17 of the delaware code relating to the renewable energy development act
- Maine, USA
- Agriculture and Forestry
- Resolve, To Facilitate the Provision of Incentives for Soil Carbon Storage
- GHG Reduction
- An Act To Prevent Increased Heating Fuel, Natural Gas, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Pricing in Maine by Prohibiting Adoption of
- Rules Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- GHG state targets
- An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue To Provide Funds for Maine To Meet the State's Carbon Reduction Goals by
- Supporting the Use of Biofuels
