Green Options

Chevron Corp. has filed an appeal in California State Court of Appeals in hopes of overturning a lower courts ruling halting the planned expansion of its Richmond, California facility on the grounds it does not meet the standards for greenhouse gas mititgation and reporting as laid out in new provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act.

All timber harvest plans (THP) in California must comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); however, logging companies and the state have largely ignored the enormous increase in global warming emissions caused by clear-cut logging practices.

CEQA requires greenhouse gas emissions resulting from a project to be quantified, as well as, THPs must identify ways to avoid or mitigate the emissions. According to theClick to Continue Reading