VIRGINIA GOVERNOR-ELECT REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR CCS
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Budget & Policy
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IN THE STATES California’s cap-and-trade program is “well-constructed and strong,” according to a new analysis from the Environmental Defense Fund of the carbon market’s first year. The report’s conclusions include that “the… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email or Username Password […]
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Budget & Policy
DOE TO PROVIDE $261 MILLION TO LEUCADIA’S LAKE CHARLES CCS PROJECT
The Department of Energy will provide more than $250 million in cost-shared funding to Leucadia Energy, LLC for its planned petroleum coke-to-chemicals gasification plant in Louisiana that would be outfitted with carbon capture and storage technology, according to a notice published in the Federal Register late this week.
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Budget & Policy
FORMER NETL DIRECTOR FOUND DEAD
Former National Energy Technology Laboratory Director Anthony Cugini was found dead earlier this week.
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Budget & Policy
NSPS RULE PUBLISHED IN FEDERAL REGISTER AFTER THREE-MONTH DELAY
After more than a three-month delay, the Environmental Protection Agency’s New Source Performance Standards rule limiting carbon dioxide emissions from new fossil fuel-fired electricity generating units was published by the Federal Register Jan. 8, kicking off the 60-day public commenting period that will run through March 10.
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Budget & Policy
KEMPER IGCC PROJECT COST NOW TOPS $5 BILLION
The total cost for Mississippi Power’s flagship Kemper County IGCC project has now reached more than $5 billion—more than $2 billion above the initial expected project cost of $2.8 billion—according to a monthly report the company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Jan. 3 for the project’s costs through November 2013.
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Budget & Policy
LEGISLATORS INTRODUCE BILLS TO BLOCK EPA POWER PLANT RULES
Twin bills that take aim at the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft regulation setting CO2 emissions standards for new power plants were introduced in the House and Senate this week.
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Budget & Policy
FEW CHANGES TO FINALIZED EPA RULE ON CO2 HAZARDOUS WASTE EXCLUSION
Only minor revisions were made to the final version of an Environmental Protection Agency rule that will conditionally exclude geologically sequestered CO2 from its definition of hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, according to the rule published by the Federal Register Jan. 3.