International Development Agencies to Better Track CCS Funding
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Budget & Policy
Democratic Sens. Push Back Against “Just Say No” Campaign for EPA Rule
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 4/17/2015 A group of Democratic senators have begun to push back against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) effort to convince state officials to oppose the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emissions standards for coal-fired power plants, issuing a letter to governors this week urging them to support the proposal. […]
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International
CCS Gets Nod in U.K Party Manifestos, Liberal Dems Voice Greatest Support
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 4/17/2015 As the United Kingdom gears up for next month’s Parliamentary elections, manifestos released by the three main British political parties this week illustrate a range of support for future investment in carbon capture and storage, with the Liberal Democrat party voicing the strongest support for continued efforts to get […]
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Budget & Policy
State Officials: Not Enough Time for Market-Based Options in Proposed CO2 Regs.
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 4/17/2015 A group of state officials from Colorado, Virginia and Rhode Island warned this week that the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emissions standards for coal-fired power plants would not provide enough time to implement market-based compliance options, such as a carbon tax or a cap-and-trade system. Under the proposed […]
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Budget & Policy
Lawmakers Debate Bill Halting CO2 Regs Until Conclusion of Legal Challenges
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 4/17/2015 House lawmakers debated a provision in recently proposed legislation that would extend the deadlines for compliance under the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emissions standards for existing coal fired power plants until all legal challenges against the proposed regulations had been concluded during an Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing […]
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Budget & Policy
Environmental Groups Confident After Court Hearing on Proposed EPA Regs.
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 4/17/2015 At least two of the three judges hearing a trio of cases calling for the overturn of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants seemed to support the defendants’ position that the cases were premature as the rule has yet to be finalized, […]
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International
Ontario Joins Cap-and-Trade System Under the Western Climate Initiative
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 4/17/2015 The Canadian province of Ontario announced this week that it has joined the Western Climate Initiative, a cap-and-trade system that administers carbon allowance auctions and tracks and monitors allowances and offset certificates. “Climate change needs to be fought around the globe, and it needs to be fought here in […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Lockheed Martin Wins New NETL RADIS Contract
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 4/17/2015 Lockheed Martin has won the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s new Research and Development—Implementation and Support (RADIS) Services contract, according to a notice the Department of Energy issued this week. Lockheed Martin beat out two other bidders for the contract, which is worth approximately $169 million over 10 years—Battelle and […]
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Budget & Policy
House FY16 Energy Spending Bill Would Boost Funds for Fossil Energy R&D
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 4/17/2015 Funding for the Department of Energy’s fossil energy research activities would receive a small boost under the House version of the Fiscal Year 2016 Energy and Water Appropriations bill reported out of subcommittee this week. The bill would provide a total of $605 million, an increase of 8 percent […]
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Budget & Policy
U.N. Climate Pledge Will Cripple American Economy, Lawmakers Say
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 4/17/2015 Cutting greenhouse gas emissions domestically will not only have a negligible effect on global climate change but will also put the United States at an economic disadvantage, lawmakers said during a House Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing this week. The purpose of the hearing was to examine […]
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International
Norwegian University Researchers Find Potential for Carbon Capture with Clay
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 4/17/2015 A type of smectite clay called lithium-fluorohectorite has been discovered to have impressive carbon capture capabilities, according to research performed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and noted in a university news article last week. “Our experiments show that this kind of smectite can capture and retain […]
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International
Wrap Up
GHG Monitor 4/17/2015 ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT Norway and the Czech Republic will work together to perform pilot studies and surveys on the deployment of carbon capture and storage in the Czech Republic, the two countries announced last week. Norway will contribute €5 million to the research program, which will consist of four projects: a […]