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DC’s Building Energy Performance Standard (2018)

Building Energy Performance Standards
Local Governments
Starting in 2021, owners of buildings over 50,000 square feet that are below a specific energy performance threshold will be required to improve their energy efficiency over the next 5 years.

St. Louis’ Building Energy Performance Standard (2020)

Building Energy Performance Standards
Local Governments
Requires large commercial, multi-family, institutional, and municipal buildings (50,000 sq. ft. and above) to reduce energy use in order to meet an energy performance standard by May 2025, which will be reviewed and updated every four years.

Oakland Coal Storage Ban

Coal Storage Bans
Local Governments
Prohibiting the rail transportation of coal and petcoke for export overseas through the rail-to-ship terminal under development at the West Gateway of the former Oakland Army Base.

Richmond CA Coal Storage Ban (2020)

Coal Storage Bans
Local Governments
Richmond's coal storage ordinance (2020) gives businesses three years to wind down coal and coke storage operations, effectively blocking their international export.

NYC’s Commercial Organic Waste Law

Food Waste
Local Governments
Requires covered food waste generators to source-separate their organic material and either arrange for the transportation of this material to a processing facility or process the food waste on-site.

Metro Portland’s Food Waste Diversion Ordinance

Food Waste
Local Governments
Requires that local jurisdictions within the Metro region adopt policies requiring covered businesses o source-separate and collect food waste and send it to an authorized facility.