Many Opportunities for Natural Gas in EPA Carbon Regs. Official Says
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Budget & Policy
Carbon Regs Will Spur Investment, EPA Administrator Says
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 8/1/2014 Businesses are feeling the effects of climate change and will be helped, not hurt, by proposed Environmental Protection Agency regulations on carbon emissions EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said last week during a call hosted… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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Budget & Policy
Former DOE Official: EPA, DOE Collaboration on CO2 Regs. Limited
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 8/1/2014 Interagency collaboration between the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in the drafting of the EPA’s carbon plan was no more than a “box-checking exercise,” Charles McConnell, former… 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
EPA Proposed Carbon Regs. Cheered, Jeered at Public Hearings
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 8/1/2014 Environmental Protection Agency officials heard from a wide range of individuals this week during a series of four, two-day-long public hearings on the agency’s proposed carbon pollution standards for existing coal-fired… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Budget & Policy
Publication Notice
As is our annual practice, GHG Reduction Technologies Monitor is taking a summer publication break and will not publish for the next two weeks. The next regular issue will be on your desk Aug. 22. In addition, we will issue a Special Bulletin should any major news… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You […]
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Budget & Policy
White House Report: Delaying Climate Action Increases Costs
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 8/1/2014 Delaying action to address climate change could cost the nation billions of dollars annually, according to a report released by the White House this week. “Delaying climate policies avoids or reduces expenditures on new… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber […]
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National Laboratories
Army Tank R&D Lab Director Top Candidate to Head DOE’s NETL
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 8/1/2014 Dr. Grace M. Bochenek has emerged as the top candidate to serve as the new director of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, GHG Monitor has learned. Bochenek currently serves as Director of the U.S. Army’s Research,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as […]
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International
Fossil Fuels Under-Taxed, IMF Managing Director Says
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 8/1/2014 Internationally, fossil fuels are remarkably under-taxed given their climate impacts, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said this week while presenting the findings of a new IMF study. “If… 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
Manchin Pulls Coal Provision from Bill to Reauthorize Ex-Im Bank
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 8/1/2014 Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) this week pulled language from a bill to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank that would have reversed 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
Rep. Van Hollen Introduces Measure to Establish Cap on CO2 Emissions
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 8/1/2014 Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) this week introduced legislation to establish a “cap and dividend” program to reduce carbon emissions. The “Healthy Climate and Family Security Act,” which will face an… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Budget & Policy
Wrap Up
GHG Monitor 8/1/2014 ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT The University of Hull in the United Kingdom received £1.27 million this week to advance ongoing research into carbon capture technology. The grant was awarded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to […]