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Yesterday, EDF filed a legal brief to help defend a core component of California\u2019s landmark cap-and-trade program. Similar briefs were also filed by other environmental, non-profit, and business groups. These briefs, filed to the San Francisco Superior Court \u2013 (Case number 519554<\/a>), support the California Air Resources Board\u2019s (CARB\u2019s) decision to allow pollution reductions achieved by verified, voluntary projects — known as offsets<\/em><\/a> \u2013<\/em> to count under the program. The suit, first filed in March, seeks to prevent California\u2019s program from harnessing these projects.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s our perspective:<\/p>\n

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Offsets present an important opportunity to support environmentally beneficial projects throughout California\u2019s economy. <\/strong>Offsets help to incentivize projects that reduce pollution in sectors \u2013 such as agriculture \u2013 that are not covered by the state\u2019s cap-and-trade program. Under current rules, a variety of projects \u2013 including projects to grow and maintain urban forests in the metropolitan LA area<\/a>, to capture greenhouse gas pollution from animal waste lagoons in the Central Valley, and to manage forests in Northern California \u2013 may be eligible to receive tradable carbon permits. Those permits can then be sold to power plants and other companies that are required to reduce pollution under the state\u2019s cap-and-trade program.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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CARB has adopted<\/a> a stringent, category-specific approach to ensure measurable pollution reductions. <\/strong>Not just any old offset project can qualify for carbon credits under the program. Only projects that are developed according to pre-approved protocols adopted by CARB and that meet stringent accounting, verification and longevity standards can earn credits. These stringent requirements ensure that only verified projects representing real emissions reductions in specific project areas can receive credits that can be sold into the cap-and-trade program.<\/p>\n

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Over the past two years, EDF, along with other groups, has been working to introduce new types of projects that can sell credits into the program, as long as they meet CARB\u2019s stringent criteria. Three such types of projects include: projects to reduce pollution from agricultural operations in California\u2019s rice farming industry<\/a>; projects to upgrade equipment in oil fields; and projects that ensure efficient use of fertilizers throughout the agricultural sector. All of these projects can lead to significant greenhouse gas reductions across the state.<\/p>\n

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California has a long way to go before meeting its ambitious climate change targets. Offsets present one important opportunity to realize that goal because of the incentive for new projects and ideas to be developed throughout the state. Our brief in the California Superior Court filed yesterday is but one part \u2013 albeit an important part \u2013 of the effort to ensure innovative project developers can participate in California\u2019s long-term transition to a lower carbon economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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