Air (generally)
S. 2002
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Sponsor Name
Sinema
Sponsor Party Affiliation
I-Ariz.
Issue
8
Volume
53
Update Issue
18
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53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. S2097

would establish the Interagency Group on Large-Scale Carbon Management in the National Science and Technology Council and a Federal Carbon Removal Initiative.

S. 1863
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Sponsor Name
Coons
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-Del.
Issue
8
Volume
53
Update Issue
17
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53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. S2005

would require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study and submit a report on the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of certain products produced in the United States and in certain foreign countries.

S.J. Res. 11
Update Type
Issue
7
Volume
53
Update Issue
16
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. H2523

which would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards,” was passed by the House.

Resilient Carbon
Author
Lingxi Chenyang
Author Bios (long)

Lingxi Chenyang is an Associate Law Professor at the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law.

Date
June 2023
Volume
53
Issue
6
Page
10482
Type
Articles
Summary

Carbon offsets allow polluters to pay someone else to reduce, avoid, or remove emissions to counterbalance their own emissions. For some, carbon accounting concerns render offsets a necessary evil to be tightly regulated on the path toward decarbonization. For others, moral and political concerns render offsets a dangerous mistake to be thrown out of the climate law toolbox. This Article defends the critical role of carbon offsets in climate law, reframing the problem as the broader challenge of “climate resilience” and explaining why offsets are uniquely suited to integrate decarbonization and adaptation. It calls attention to overlooked adaptive practices like agroforestry and coastal reforestation; unearths the history of carbon offsets as playing the essential collateral role of securing regulatory buy-in from a large, heterogeneous class of polluters; and argues that focusing on resilient carbon begins to address many of the accounting, moral, and political concerns with offsets. Climate adaptation favors the payment-for-services and market-based approach of offsetting on normative and pragmatic grounds, even if the narrower goal of decarbonization does not.

H. Res. 429
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Rules
Committee Report
H. Rep. No. 118-76
Issue
7
Volume
53
Update Issue
16
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53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. H2498

would provide for consideration of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 11) providing for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards.”

S. 1576
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Sponsor Name
Collins
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Me.
Issue
7
Volume
53
Update Issue
15
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53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. S1624

would provide for advancements in carbon removal research, quantification, and commercialization, including by harnessing natural processes.

S.J. Res. 11
Update Type
Issue
6
Volume
53
Update Issue
13
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. S1360

which would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards,” was passed by the Senate.

H.R. 2613
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsor Name
Menendez
Sponsor Party Affiliation
D-N.J.
Issue
6
Volume
53
Update Issue
12
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. H1725

would amend Title 49, U.S. Code, to require that a voluntary agreement with respect to commercial air tour operations over a national park considers the well-being of communities overflown by aircraft involved in such operations.

H.J. Res. 53
Update Type
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Nehls
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Tex.
Issue
6
Volume
53
Update Issue
11
Update Volume
53
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
169 Cong. Rec. H1709

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “Control of Air Pollution From New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards.”

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