EPA ADMINISTRATOR DEFENDS FY2015 BUDGET AT HOUSE, SENATE HEARINGS
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Budget & Policy
SEN. HEITKAMP PROPOSES BILL TO SPEED UP COMMECIAL CCS DEPLOYMENT
Martin Schneider GHG Monitor 3/28/2014 Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) introduced broad legislation this week aimed at accelerating the commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration through a combination of loan guarantees, tax credits, multi-year R&D funding and government-industry cost-share projects. The bill, the Advanced Clean Coal Technology for Our Nation (ACCTION) Act, “seeks to remedy […]
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Budget & Policy
POTENTIAL BIDDERS ON NETL ‘RADIS’ WORK SEEK MORE CLARITY IN FINAL RFP
Martin Schneider GHG Monitor 3/28/2014 Additional clarification is needed from the Department of Energy on its draft Request for Proposals for Research and Development – Implementation and Support (RADIS) Services at the National Energy Technology Laboratory if there is to be adequate competition on the contract, potential bidders told GHG Monitor this week. The draft […]
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Budget & Policy
WIRED MAGAZINE: ‘CLEAN COAL IS THE FUTURE’
A March 25 article in the magazine Wired sets out the case for coal and carbon capture and storage technology. “Many energy and climate researchers believe that CCS is vital to avoiding a climate catastrophe. Because it could allow the globe to keep burning its most abundant fuel source while drastically reducing carbon dioxide and soot, it may be more important—though much less publicized—than any renewable-energy technology for decades to come.”
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International
CANADIAN GROUP OFFERING FUNDING SUPPORT FOR GHG REDUCTION PROJECTS IN ALBERTA
Mike Nartker GHG Monitor 3/28/2014 A Canadian not-for-profit group has begun seeking to help provide funding support for projects in the Canadian province of Alberta intended to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) is offering to provide a total of $65 million, with a maximum of $25 million […]
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Budget & Policy
C2ES EXAMINES OPTIONS FOR EPA REGS ON EXISTING POWER PLANTS
From staff reports GHG Monitor 3/28/2014 As the Environmental Protection Agency moves forward with a new rule for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, one important question the agency faces is whether it will only examine options “inside the fence line”—those at the plant itself—or consider options that would be “outside the fence […]
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Budget & Policy
DOE FOSSIL CHIEF GETS FEW QUESTIONS FROM HOUSE APPOPRIATORS
Martin Schneider GHG Monitor 3/28/2014 Acting Department of Energy fossil energy chief Chris Smith faced few direct questions from House appropriators during a March 25 hearing on DOE’s applied energy budget request for FY 2015, though proposed cuts in the Department’s fossil energy request did come in for criticism from Republicans on the panel. “I […]