Moniz: Innovation Imperative to Meet Increased Climate Ambition
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International
Latest Climate Agreement Text Sets Target Below 2 Degrees Warming
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 12/11/2015 PARIS — Late Thursday, Laurent Fabius, president of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, released a new version of the draft text of the global climate agreement… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
Democrats and Republicans Bump Heads as Climate Talks Continue
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 12/11/2015 PARIS – The United States, as the world’s largest economy and second-largest greenhouse gas emitter, plays a key role in the ongoing negotiations toward a global climate agreement in Paris. The administration… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Contracts & Procurement
Summit Nails Down Key Texas Clean Energy Project Contract
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 12/11/2015 Summit Energy, developer of the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), has finalized a consortium engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with China Huanqiu Contracting (HQC) & Engineering Corp. and SNC-Lavalin… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]
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Budget & Policy
Sanders Climate Plan Aims for Drastic Carbon Pollution Cuts
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 12/11/2015 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday released a climate change plan that would commit the U.S. to reducing its carbon pollution by 40 percent by 2030 and more than 80 percent by 2050 below… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in […]
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International
CCS Experts, Coal Groups, and Officials Pitch Tech in Paris
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 12/11/2015 PARIS — As negotiators debated whether the world should strive to limit global warming to 2 or 1.5 degrees Celsius, supporters of carbon capture and storage technology have a universal message: neither goal can be reached… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
EPA Officials Double Down on Citizen Support of Climate Action
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 12/11/2015 PARIS – Regardless of political statements from Republican lawmakers asserting that the U.S. Congress does not support the Obama administration’s efforts to address climate change, the administration has the support… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. […]