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CARB Proposes Significant Updates to SB 253 Implementation
During the July 21st, 2026 public workshop, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) discussed several proposed changes to the implementation of SB 253, providing the clearest picture yet of how California’s corporate greenhouse gas reporting program is expected to operate.
SB 253 Readiness for the Entertainment Industry
SB 253 transforms what was historically voluntary ESG reporting into financial-grade emissions reporting and a built-in 3rd Party Audit. For entertainment companies, emissions reporting is not simply an update to a prior sustainability report. It requires a reporting process built around defensible boundaries, accurate…
Is Your Organization Ready for SB 253?
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…
California’s Climate Policy Is Already Exporting Emissions
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.
LCFS Compliance Risk is Moving Upstream
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.
Persian Gulf Crudes in the US and California aren’t a major risk – yet
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,…
Cap-and-Invest and MRR: 750 Pages of Regulatory Updates
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.
The Gas is Too Damn High!
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…
Do you hear that hissing sound? It’s California emissions leaking into Texas
Kinder Morgan and P66 have announced open season for bidding on the new Western Gateway Pipeline. As part of this project, KM intends to reverse the SFPP west pipeline, which moves product from California to Arizona. If it’s built, for the first time there…
California Incentive Programs
California programs now encourage business and industry sectors to accelerate away from fossil fuels and toward electrification. Many organizations do not have the resources or desire to investigate all the opportunities available to them. This article focuses on electric handling equipment and incentive programs…
Low Carbon Fuel Standard RICP Program – What’s Next?
The Refinery Investment Credit Program (“RICP”) provisions of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) (regulated under Title 17 CCR 95489(e)) allow refineries in California to generate credits by undertaking GHG reduction projects at their facilities. Although fuel pathways provide the primary avenue for…
Understanding the Inflation Reduction Act prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements.
The prevailing wage and apprenticeship (PWA) requirements were introduced as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 to incentivize clean energy projects and job creation in the US. PWA are conditions that can enhance the value of clean energy tax credits within…
