State Agencies

Washington’s Soil Health Initiative

Provides funding for new soil health research and extension activities to develop, evaluate and incentivize best management practices across the agricultural systems in Washington.

California’s Refrigerant Management Program

Requires any owner-operator of a facility with stationary, nonresidential refrigeration systems using more than 50 pounds of high global warming potential refrigerants to utilize best practices to reduce leakage and emissions.

California’s AB-32 and CARB’s Responsive Scoping Plan

AB 32 requires a reduction in statewide GHG emissions, including HFCs, to 1990 levels, by 2020, which target was strengthened by SB 1383 to a 40% reduction by 2030). CARB’s 2014 scoping plan identifies a number of actions to reduce HFC emissions.