Communities are experiencing increasingly intense and variable impacts of climate change. Not only must our society curb greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel use to mitigate climate change, but we must also adapt to rising sea/tide levels, increased frequency of extreme events (droughts, wildfires, storms, winds), interruptions to power and material deliveries, all of which threaten infrastructure and operations.
While members have been proactively working to assess their vulnerabilities to develop strategies to adapt to the changing climate and demands, communities are beginning to recognize the critical role wastewater treatment facilities (or resource recovery facilities) play in community resilience. Our members engage in recycling wastewater into potable water, as well as the recovery and beneficial use of renewable energy, biosolids, fuel, and other valuable resources, supporting a circular resources economy while minimizing community greenhouse gas emissions.
Assembly Bill 32 (AB32) & CARB’s Climate Change Scoping Plan
AB 32 Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
AB 32 Climate Change Scoping Plan
CARB’s Advanced Clean Vehicle Regulations
Advanced Clean Fleet Regulations
Advanced Clean Truck Regulations
Advanced Clean Cars II Regulations
Heavy-Duty Omnibus Regulations
CARB’s Cap-and-Trade Program
CARB’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Program
LCFS Program
LCFS Regulation
LCFS Life Cycle Analysis Models and Documentation (including a pathway for Biomethane from Anaerobic Digestion of Municipal Sewage Sludge)
Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Reduction Strategy
CARB’s Final SLCP Reduction Strategy (2017)
CARB’s GHG SLCP Inventory
CalRecycle’s SB 1383 Regulations – Methane Reduction by Organic Waste Diversion from Landfills
SWRCB’s Co-digestion Capacity Analysis and Appendices
Climate Change Mitigation by Improving Soil Health & Carbon Sequestration (i.e., beneficial use of biosolids)
CNRA Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy & Expanding Nature-based Solutions
CARB Natural and Working Lands Greenhouse Gas Model
CDFA Climate Resilience Strategy for California Agriculture
CDFA Healthy Soils Initiative
Adapting to Climate Change
CNRA’s California Climate Adaptation Strategy
Hot Topics
- Understanding CARB’s Advanced Clean Fleets Regulations
- Short-lived climate pollutant reduction strategy (draft) »
- Short lived climate pollutant information on Air Resources Board website »
- First update to the Climate Change Scoping Plan (Pursuant to AB 32) »
- California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 [Assembly Bill 32] information on Air Resources Board website »
- LCFS pathway for the production of biomethane from the mesophilic anaerobic digestion of wastewater sludge at a POTW »
- Low carbon fuel standard program »
- Low carbon fuel standard regulations »
- Cap-and-Trade auction proceeds second investment plan: fiscal years 2016-17 through 2018-19 »
- Safeguarding California: Implementation Action Plans (draft report) »
Comment Letters
- 070921_CASA Comments_ScopingPlanUpdate2022_FINAL
- 6-22-21 CASA Comments CEC-SB100
- 4-2-21 CASA Comments Proposed Clean Fleet Rule Workshop
- 19-SB-100_CASACommentLetter_FINAL
- 11-5-20 CASA LCFS Comment Letter
- 10-18-19 CASA Comments SB 1383 Draft Regs
- 9-12-18 CASA comments Aliso Canyon Mitigation
- 8-23-18 AB 617 FINAL Comment Letter
- WEG 2 0 Gap Analysis FNL DRAFT 7-13-2018[1][2]
- CASA WEG 2.0 Gap Analysis Feedback Form
- 6-6-18 FINAL CASA Comments on CPUC Adaptation OIR_060618[1]
- 5-16-18 CASA Comments SB 1383 Regs[5]
- FINAL CV Climate Change Work Plan CASAComments – November 20, 2017
- CT allocations letter 2017 – August 16, 2017
- Comments on SB 1383 draft concepts – July 21, 2017
- Final Safeguarding CA Plan Comments – June 23, 2017
- Comments on 2030 Scoping Plan – April 10, 2017
- Comments on ClimateChangeResolution – March 3, 2017
- Comment Letter on the Revised Proposed SLCP Reduction Strategy – January 17, 2017
- Comments-on-2030-scoping-plan-discussion – December 16, 2016
- Comment Letter Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emission – September 19, 2016
- CWCCG-CASA_Comment_ltr supporting CARB_proposed_SLCP_Reduction_Strategy – May 27, 2016
- Comments_Mitigation Program – March 24, 2016
- Recommendations for Cap and Trade Allocations – January 28, 2016
- Comments on the DRAFT Safeguarding California: Implementation Action Plans – December 10, 2015
- Comments on the Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds Draft Second Investment Plan (Fiscal Years 2016-17 through 2018-2019) – November 13, 2015
- Comments on the proposed first update to the Climate Change Scoping Plan: Building on the Framework -April 28, 2015
- Comments on the draft Short Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy – October 30, 2015