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.
DERA provides federal funding in the form of grants to eligible entities for projects that reduce emissions from existing diesel engines.
In-use regulations include carpool lanes, restrictions on car use in downtown areas, and programs to control extended idling of vehicles.
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.
An incentive program under which biogas facility owners may recover up to 50% of interconnection costs to a maximum amount of $1.5 million.
Aimed at supporting the development of new technologies to address natural gas pipeline leaks, providing $225 million for research on leak control technologies.
Offering guidance for developing and implementing effective monitoring, reporting and verification practices, as well as for mitigating methane emissions, from the oil and gas sector.
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.
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.
Outlines recommendation related to private forest management, urban forests, forest health funding, fire assistance, and federal and state land management policy.