policy instrument

SB 285

Jurisdiction countryUnited States

Jurisdiction subnationalCalifornia

Instrument typecompliance-inclusion

Authoritygovernment

Scopecarbon removal only

Statusproposed

DetailProposed California state Senate measure to set tougher standards for counting carbon dioxide removal projects toward the state's emissions reduction goals. Specifically prohibits companies from using carbon removal projects from oil production when measuring progress toward the state's CO2 targets. Storage to offset long-term emissions from fossil fuels would face more stringent rules to be eligi

Stated statusproposed

Merged duplicates[object Object]

Pathway scopeunclear

Pathway notetargets 'oil production' and 'biomethane' removal projects without naming a specific pathway from the code list

Stated jurisdictionUnited States - California

automatically extracted from the cited source; not yet reviewed by a person · discovered via carbon-removal-updates · extracted 2026-08-24

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