DOE Suspends Recovery Act Funding For HECA Project
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Budget & Policy
China Focuses on Achieving Global INDC Goals
Lance Moore GHG Monitor 7/17/2015 “Safety for its citizens and establishment of domestic energy security are the driving forces behind China’s shift toward low-carbon energy as it develops domestic energy and innovation technologies, while also seeking to carry out its submitted Intended Nationally Determine Contribution (INDC) to the upcoming climate negotiations in Paris”, said Paul […]
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Budget & Policy
Mississippi Power Seeks Immediate Interim Rate Relief
Lance Moore GHG Monitor 7/17/2015 Mississippi Power is requesting authorization from the Mississippi Public Service Commission to take immediate action on implementing interim rates that reflect the new “In-Service Asset” option with regards to its Kemper County energy facility. This would outline a replacement of the 18-percent rate increase that the Commission repealed based on […]
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Budget & Policy
NETL to Help Fund Four Carbon Storage Program Projects
Lance Moore GHG Monitor 7/17/2015 The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected four projects from the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) Carbon Storage Program for funding, with the goal of assessing the geologic storage prospects of offshore subsurface depleted oil and natural gas reservoirs and saline formations on the East Coast and the Gulf of […]
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Budget & Policy
MATS Ruling Could Help Make Case for Stay of Clean Power Plan, Former EPA Official Says
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/17/2015 While the recent Supreme Court ruling against the Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxic’s Standards (MATS) rule is unlikely to have any direct effect on the agency’s proposed carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants, it could strengthen opponents call for a stay pending review, a former […]
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Budget & Policy
DOE Funds New Gasification Projects As Existing IGCC Projects Face Turmoil
Sonal Patel GHG Monitor 7/17/2015 Seven gasification projects will receive about $7.5 million in funding from the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Energy Technology Laboratory, as first reported by GHG Monitor’s sister publication Power Magazine. The projects will reduce the cost of coal conversion and mitigate the environmental impacts of fossil-fueled power generation, the DOE […]
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Budget & Policy
NRDC Resource Manual Bolsters Support For Carbon Regs.
Lance Moore GHG Monitor 7/17/2015 “Climate change is the central environmental challenge of our time. It’s also a humanitarian challenge, an economic challenge, a public health challenge, and a challenge to everyone who cares about social justice,” said Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) President Rhea Suh this week. She made this statement as the NRDC […]
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Budget & Policy
Business Group Urges Governors to Comply with EPA Carbon Regs.
Lance Moore GHG Monitor 7/17/2015 States that opt out of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emission standards for coal-fired power plants would be hurting business and negating the opportunity to create their own specific compliance plans, as the EPA would have to submit a generic, less-effective plan as a replacement, said high-ranking executives of […]