Congress

The Montreal Protocol and Kigali Amendment

Legally mandates the phaseout of the production and use of controlled ozone-depleting substances, setting phaseout obligations on a strictly enforced schedule. Includes HFCs since 2016.

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act programs

DERA provides federal funding in the form of grants to eligible entities for projects that reduce emissions from existing diesel engines.

EPA Black Carbon Report

An intensive effort to compile, assess, and summarize available scientific information on the current and future impacts of black carbon, and to evaluate the effectiveness of available black carbon mitigation approaches.

Proposed Methane Emissions Mitigation Act

Aimed at supporting the development of new technologies to address natural gas pipeline leaks, providing $225 million for research on leak control technologies.

Existing Federal Forest Management Legislation and Regulation

Including the National Forest Management Act, Federal Land Policy and Management Act, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, Forest Service’s National Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change and Land Management Planning Handbook.

Proposed Wildfire Disaster Funding Act

Rather than coming from agency funds dedicated to forest management, fighting wildfires would be funded out of general funds. This would generally relieve the ever-increasing funding burden on forest management budgets from wildfire season.