Challenge to Mississippi Power Emergency Rate Increase Denied
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International
UNFCCC Official: Reaching 2-Degree Target in Paris Agreement “Impossible”
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/6/2015 It will be “impossible” to develop an agreement at next month’s 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that will deliver on the international goal of limiting global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres said […]
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Budget & Policy
Legal Battle Against EPA CO2 Regs Continues
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/6/2015 The ongoing march to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit continued this week as states and interest groups filed more challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon emissions standards for new and existing coal-fired power plants. The final rules, developed under Sections 111(b) […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
Boundary Dam Plant Powers Back Up After Overhaul
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/6/2015 SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Unit 3 carbon capture and storage project is back up and running this week after a planned outage, company CEO Mike Marsh told GHG Monitor this week by email. “Our two-month scheduled maintenance ended this week and we’re back online, capturing carbon dioxide. We’re working on […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
22 Large-Scale CCS Projects Expected to be Operational by 2020
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/6/2015 A total of 22 large-scale carbon capture and storage projects are projected to be operational in worldwide by 2020, exceeding the expectations of the Global CCS Institute, CEO Brad Page told press this week in advance of the launch of the organization’s 2015 Global Status of CCS report. “[In […]
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Budget & Policy
Climate Change Causes Rift at House Committee, EU Parliament Roundtable
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/6/2015 Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee this week expressed displeasure with the administration’s climate policy during a roundtable discussion with visiting members of the European Parliament. Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) explained Thursday to the European delegation that it is important to Republicans […]
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International
Businesses Could Deliver a Third of Global Carbon Reduction Goal: Report
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/6/2015 The ambitions set out by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s (WBCSD) Low Carbon Technology Partnerships initiative (LCTPi), if realized, could deliver 65 percent of the total carbon emissions reduction needed to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, according to a new report released by the […]
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Budget & Policy
Review Act Resolutions Against EPA CO2 Regs Pass Subcommittee
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/6/2015 Two Congressional Review Act resolutions introduced by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.) against the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon emissions regulations for new and existing coal-fired power plants were reported out of the House Energy and Commerce Energy and Power Subcommittee this week on a party-line vote. The markup served as […]
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Budget & Policy
Manchin Lashes Out Against EPA CO2 Regs In Local Media
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/6/2015 Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) this week lashed out again against the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently finalized carbon emissions standards for new and existing coal-fired power plants, this time in local media. “These regulations force coal-fired plants to meet emissions standards which simply can’t be achieved, at least not now, […]
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Budget & Policy
Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Halt Fossil Fuel Extraction on Federal Lands
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/6/2015 Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) this week introduced legislation that would halt the extraction of fossil fuels from federal lands. The “Keep it in the Ground” bill would serve three main purposes: to stop new and end nonproducing coal, oil, gas, oil shale, and tar sands leases on all federal […]
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International
Sierra Club Praises Coal Retirements in Run-Up to Paris
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/6/2015 Current coal-fired power plant trends would lead to the United States meeting the carbon emissions reduction goal laid out in the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants five years ahead of schedule, according to a new report from the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign […]