Study Says Economic Impacts of Proposed EPA Regs. Lies with States
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Budget & Policy
House Dems Fail to Remove EPA Regs. Provision from FY15 Environment Approps Bill
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/18/2014 House Democrats were unsuccessful this week in attempting to remove a provision from the Fiscal Year 2015 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from using funding… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Budget & Policy
Bill to Reauthorize Ex-Im Bank Would Reverse Prohibition on Coal Funding
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/18/2014 A new bill proposed by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank also contains language that would reverse a restriction placed on the bank preventing the financing of coal plants unless they use carbon… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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Budget & Policy
Construction Begins at WA Parish Carbon Capture Project
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/18/2014 NRG Energy and partner JX Nippon Oil Exploration announced this week that construction has begun at the Petra Nova Carbon Capture Project, which upon completion will be the world’s largest post-combustion carbon capture… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]
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International
CCS Integral to Climate Goals, IEA Executive Director Says
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/18/2014 With fossil fuels set to continue to play a large role in energy production for the foreseeable future, the development of carbon capture utilization and storage technology is vital to meeting global climate change abatement… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
Test Results Lead to Acceleration of CO2 Solutions, Neumann Group Pilot
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/18/2014 Just over a month after signing a memorandum of understanding, CO2 Solutions and Neumann Systems Group (NSG) announced this week that due to “excellent” test results a pilot project slated for April 2015 has been… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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International
Australian Parliament Votes to Abolish Carbon Tax
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 7/18/2014 The Australian Government voted late this week to repeal the country’s carbon tax, under which high carbon emitters had to pay a price for each metric ton of carbon emitted. The tax had been in effect since 2012 and… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap Up
GHG Monitor 7/18/2014 IN THE STATES The University of Delaware announced this week that it has cancelled plans to build a natural gas-fueled power plant on its campus. The plant, which would have been built on the university’s Science, Technology and Advanced… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as […]