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California’s SB 253 introduces a new emissions reporting framework for companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenue. By August 10th of this year, organizations are encouraged to publicly disclose whatever Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions data they have collected. Organizations are…

A few months ago, we wrote about the possibility that California climate policy could start pushing refinery emissions across state lines. The idea was straightforward: if California refineries reduce production or shut down, the fuels still have to come from somewhere.

The July 1 amendments to the California LCFS program introduced new feedstock attestation requirements that significantly expand what pathway holders must document, validate, and defend during validation. 

Crude prices jumped $7-10 this week with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. This feels like a relatively muted reaction to 20% of the world’s crude supply being cut off from the market. It seems that most buyers are expecting the Strait to reopen before inventories get pinched too hard,…

At our core, we’re policy wonks here at EcoCira, so we were excited when CARB finally put out their Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR) for the updates to Cap-and-Invest and the Mandatory Reporting Rule (MRR) last week.

I was riding the train to work and decided to conduct a scientific, peer reviewed informal poll on gasoline prices with my friend-group. It’s Los Angeles (yes! I ride the train in LA), so most of my friends work in Hollywood or adjacent, but they’ve known me for over a decade, and heard me talk…