EPA SCIENCE PANEL VOTES NOT TO REVIEW SCIENCE BEHIND GHG RULE
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Budget & Policy
EPA TRANSITION GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR WELL OPERATORS CREATES CONFUSION
A point of contention has emerged among some officials in the Enhanced Oil Recovery industry over a draft guidance document released alongside the Environmental Protection Agency’s finalized rule that excludes sequestered CO2 from its definition of hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
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Budget & Policy
UNDER SECRETARY FOR SCIENCE NOMINEE IDENTIFIES BARRIERS TO CCS ADOPTION
President Obama’s nominee to be Under Secretary for Science at the Department of Energy, Dr. Franklin Orr, pointed to major barriers to commercial adoption of carbon capture and storage technology—including “a lack of a clear market signal, pore space ownership, long-term liabilities and cost relative to other technology options,” factors that had been identified by the 2010 Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage—in written response to questions from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on his views on CCS.
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Budget & Policy
NEBRASKA FILES LAWSUIT CHALLENING EPA RULE ON GHGS FROM COAL PLANTS
The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule that would limit greenhouse gases from new coal-fired power plants has come under legal fire with a new lawsuit from the state of Nebraska challenging the new source performance standards under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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Budget & Policy
WRAP UP
IN THE INDUSTRY A subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has signed a 10-year license agreement with Chem-Mod LLC that will allow Chem-Mod to use the subsidiary’s combustion additive, which is expected to boost the performance of Chem-Mod’s own coal additive technologies that reduce nitrogen oxides, mercury and other emissions during combustion. “We’re pleased to […]
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Budget & Policy
GROUPS LOOK TO SHAREHOLDER PRESSURE TO PROMPT ACTION ON EMISSIONS
The use of shareholder pressure as a tactic for pushing power companies to consider ways to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions has long been gaining traction among some groups concerned about the environment, and last week’s announcement that FirstEnergy had agreed to issue a report on policies it could adopt to curb emissions in the face of a shareholder resolution is again putting the issue in the spotlight as 2014 appears set to be a banner year for such resolutions and other means of persuasion by investors.