Sentences with phrase «offset protocol»

SACRAMENTO - June 30, 2015 — American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, applauds the California Air Resources Board (ARB) approval at the June 25 board meeting to adopt a U.S. compliance offset protocol for rice cultivation.

The adoption of ARB's first crop - based offset protocol is a critical step in encouraging emissions reductions from the agriculture sector under California's landmark Cap - and - Trade Program.

to four ozone depleting substance (ODS) destruction projects, including one developed using ARB's compliance offset protocol and three developed under the approved early action protocol.

«We are excited about ARB's approval of the rice cultivation offset protocol and to see projects come to market from the two leading U.S. rice growing regions — Sacramento, where ACR is based, and Winrock's home state of Arkansas,» stated Mary Grady, ACR director of business development.

Today, ARB issued over 600,000 ARBOCs to four ozone depleting substance (ODS) destruction projects, including one developed using ARB's compliance offset protocol and three developed under the approved early action protocol.

The Office of Administrative Law is expected to approve the Rice Cultivation offset protocol, along with other changes in the regulation, in the fall.

Projects that would reduce CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion are therefore not being considered for offset protocol development.

Efforts of the Climate Action Reserve may also assist Ontario in considering various offset protocol types, including review, assessment, and adaptation of protocols, that could serve other purposes than Cap - and - Trade (offsetting emissions from governmental operation, etc.) but that would not be adopted into the linked compliance market under a regional additionality review.

Verdeo Group and Devon Energy were also presented with an Innovation award for the development of the first U.S. carbon offset protocol for the oil & gas sector.

With the development of additional pilot projects, it would be possible to see a soil carbon offset protocol adopted by the California Air Resources Board in the future.

«This offset protocol will allow farmers and ranchers from across the United States to earn revenue for conservation practices from emerging environmental markets such as California's carbon market,» said Robert Parkhurst, Director of Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Markets at Environmental Defense Fund.

In order to remain eligible to generate credits under the applicable compliance offset protocol, a project must be listed as a compliance project on an OPR by February 28, 2015.

In order to remain eligible to generate credits under the compliance offset protocol for Mine Methane Capture, a project must be listed as compliance offset project on an OPR by February 28, 2015.

«This offset protocol is a new tool farmers and ranchers can use to mitigate and adapt to climate change and in a way that benefits their bottom line» said Robert Parkhurst, Agriculture Greenhouse Gas Markets Director for the Environmental Defense Fund.

The Offset Project Data Report is the report prepared by the Offset Project Operator / Authorized Project Designee for each Reporting Period that provides the information and documentation required by the Cap - and - Trade Regulation and Compliance Offset Protocol.

Section 95975 of the Cap - and - Trade Regulation requires that certain information be submitted to an Offset Project Registry in order to list an offset project using a Compliance Offset Protocol.

Since projects utilizing the Ozone Depleting Substances Compliance Offset Protocol may only have a single reporting period, they will submit one Offset Project Data Report per project, covering a maximum of 12 months of data.

To transition, the project must be submitted and successfully listed with an Offset Project Registry under a Compliance Offset Protocol by February 28, 2015.

Early action projects are eligible to transition to an ARB Compliance Offset Protocol in order to generate ARB Offset Credits.

U.S. Forest Projects Compliance Offset Protocol Livestock Projects Compliance Offset Protocol Mine Methane Capture Compliance Offset Protocol Ozone Depleting Substances Compliance Offset Protocol Rice Cultivation Compliance Offset Protocol Urban Forest Projects Compliance Offset Protocol

The ACR issuance was for over 300,000 ROCs to Environmental Credit Corp. for an ozone depleting substances (ODS) destruction project developed under and verified against the ARB compliance offset protocol.

Unfortunately, later that year the Air Resources Board approved the forest offset protocol after outsourcing its development to a timber industry - influenced nongovernmental organization.

An offset protocol (or methodology) covers the rules that determine the eligibility, additionality, baseline and emissions for each type of project.

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is developing a compliance offset protocol based on the ACR rice methodology, and board vote is expected in September.

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The same month, the state's Air Resources Board (ARB) decided to shift the risk of invalidated offsets to buyers (rather than sellers) of compliance forestry offsets, putting it in line with other offset protocols.

The current versions of Offset Project Data Report Forms for offset projects developed using ARB compliance offset protocols are available at the following link.

The ARB Compliance Offset Protocols and related documents for each are available for download from ARB's Compliance Offset Program webpage.

As an OPR, ACR will work with ARB to oversee the registration and verification of projects developed using ARB's compliance or early action offset protocols.

to oversee the registration and verification of projects developed using ARB's compliance or early action offset protocols.

As an OPR, ACR will work with ARB to oversee the registration and issuance of California - eligible Registry Offset Credits developed using ARB's compliance or early action offset protocols.

ARB's approval of ACR as an OPR signals that ACR has met stringent regulatory requirements including technical expertise in carbon offset protocols; extensive experience in the oversight of offset project listing, registration, independent verification and issuance; operational know - how in offset registry management; and a solid understanding of the regulation underpinning the compliance offset program.

As an OPR, ACR works with the Air Resources Board (ARB) to oversee the registration and issuance of California - eligible Registry Offset Credits developed using ARB's compliance or early action offset protocols.

During ACR's March webinar on the California offset market, ARB urged project developers not to wait for OPR and verifier approval to start implementing projects using the already published compliance offset protocols (Forestry, Urban Forestry, Ozone Depleting Substances and Livestock).

The primary benefit of using the ARB compliance offset protocols is by - passing the additional verification process required for projects developed using early action protocols.

Compliance offset projects will be required to register with OPRs, which will oversee the project listing, verification, registration and issuance of California - eligible offset credits developed in uncapped sectors using ARB - approved compliance offset protocols.

In this role, ACR works with the Air Resources Board (ARB) to oversee the registration and issuance of California - eligible Registry Offset Credits developed using ARB's compliance or early action offset protocols.

As an Offset Project Registry (OPR), the Climate Action Reserve will issue Registry Offset Credits (ROCs) to projects using the ARB Compliance Offset Protocols.

The Air Resources Board (ARB) has adopted five Compliance Offset Protocols that may be used to generate Registry Offset Credits (ROCs).

Additional voluntary quantification methodologies eligible for early action may be added to the list by ARB upon adoption of new compliance offset protocols.

In addition to ACR staff attending mandatory ARB training and passing ARB exams in Offset Project Registry operations and Compliance Offset Project Verification, ACR team members have participated in ARB training and passed 22 technical exams in the five Compliance Offset Protocols:

As an OPR and EAOP, ACR works with ARB to oversee the listing and verification of carbon offset projects developed using ARB's compliance and early action offset protocols as well as the issuance of Offset Credits developed using ARB's compliance protocols and approved early action quantification methodologies.

Three carbon offset protocols have been developed over the past four years which allow landowners to generate carbon offsets from practices such as the avoided conversion of grasslands to croplands and the application of compost to rangeland.

As I wrote in a blog post last year, the burdens imposed by agricultural carbon offset protocols can be high, excluding participation from growers (particularly smaller ones) who lack the time and resources to take them on.

«We are grateful to American Carbon Registry for their thoughtful and rigorous approval process, resulting in one of the first high quality offset protocols for agriculture,» said Rebecca Shaw, a climate scientist and associate vice president for Environmental Defense Fund.

December 21, 2016 Adapting Offset Protocols for Ontario, Québec, and Other Jurisdictions Speaker: Craig Ebert, President of the Climate Action Reserve Presentation Slides

As an OPR, ACR works with the Air Resources Board (ARB) to oversee the registration and issuance of California - eligible Registry Offset Credits and Early Action Offset Credits developed using ARB's compliance or early action offset protocols.

Not exact matches

With increased attention to climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and offsets, the goal of the project partners is to provide a free, easy - to - use, wine industry specific, greenhouse gas (GHG) protocol and calculator that will measure the carbon footprints of winery and vineyard operations of all sizes.

Emissions from revegetation, forest management, and cropland and grazing land management — while not currently counted towards Australia's obligations under the Kyoto Protocol target — are eligible for the generation of carbon offset credits under NCOS.

Our results show that continued sustained growth in its concentration could substantially delay recovery of the ozone layer, offsetting some of the future benefits of the Montreal Protocol.»