Section 38560.7.
38560.7. The state board shall create, and maintain on its internet website, a greenhouse gas emissions dashboard that provides updated publicly available information regarding how the state is progressing toward meeting its statewide climate change goals. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 366, Sec. 1. (SB 1145) Effective January 1, 2023.)
Section 38570.
38570. (a) The state board may include in the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 38562 the use of market-based compliance mechanisms to comply with the regulations. (b) Prior to the inclusion of any market-based compliance mechanism in the regulations, to the extent feasible and in furtherance of achieving the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, the state board […]
Section 38561.
38561. (a) On or before January 1, 2009, the state board shall prepare and approve a scoping plan, as that term is understood by the state board, for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from sources or categories of sources of greenhouse gases by 2020 under this division. The state […]
Section 38571.
38571. The state board shall adopt methodologies for the quantification of voluntary greenhouse gas emission reductions. The state board shall adopt regulations to verify and enforce any voluntary greenhouse gas emission reductions that are authorized by the state board for use to comply with greenhouse gas emission limits established by the state board. The adoption […]
Section 38561.2.
38561.2. (a) (1) By July 1, 2023, the state board shall develop a comprehensive strategy for the state’s cement sector to achieve net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases associated with cement used within the state as soon as possible, but no later than December 31, 2045. (2) To ensure adequate progress is made toward achieving the goal established in […]
Section 38561.3.
38561.3. (a) (1) By July 1, 2025, the state board, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including, but not limited to, the California Building Standards Commission, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall develop a framework for measuring and then reducing the average carbon intensity of the materials […]
Section 38561.5.
38561.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Natural carbon sequestration” means actions that are undertaken on natural and working lands to remove and provide storage of atmospheric greenhouse gases in vegetation and soils. This shall include preservation, conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of these lands, which may include compost application, cover crops, […]
Section 38561.8.
38561.8. (a) For purposes of this section, “decarbonize” means to reduce or eliminate associated emissions of greenhouse gases. (b) The state board, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the Public Utilities Commission, shall prepare an evaluation posted to the state board’s internet website by June 1, 2024. The evaluation shall include, […]
Section 38562.
38562. (a) On or before January 1, 2011, the state board shall adopt greenhouse gas emissions limits and emissions reduction measures by regulation to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in furtherance of achieving the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, to become operative beginning on January 1, 2012. (b) In adopting […]
Section 38562.2.
38562.2. (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Climate Crisis Act. (b) For purposes of this section, “net zero greenhouse gas emissions” means emissions of greenhouse gases, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 38505, to the atmosphere are balanced by removals of greenhouse gas emissions over a period of time, […]