GCCSI Report: Milestones Reached but Policy Issues Remain for CCS
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International
IPCC Calls for End of Unabated Fossil Fuels by 2100 in New Report
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/7/2014 The use of fossil fuels without carbon capture and storage technologies must be phased out by 2100, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Synthesis Report released early this week. The report looks at… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
EPA Chief: Clean Air Act Settlement Shows Enforceability of Carbon Rules
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/7/2014 Regulations developed under the Clean Air Act, including the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants, can be flexible and yet enforceable, as demonstrated… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Budget & Policy
Carbon-Negative Tech. Needed to Reach Climate Goals, Experts Say
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/7/2014 While carbon-negative technologies like biological carbon capture and storage and direct air capture cannot replace emissions reduction efforts such as traditional fossil-fuel CCS, they must be used in conjunction to meet… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this […]
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Budget & Policy
Reducing Short-Lived GHGs Cannot Delay CO2 Reduction, Study Says
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/7/2014 While the near-term benefits of reducing short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) like methane and black carbon are not to be dismissed, they are not significant enough to justify the delay of immediate mitigation of carbon dioxide,… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]
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Budget & Policy
Energy Efficacy Programs Alone Cannot Meet EPA Target Experts Say
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/7/2014 The 1.5 percent annual incremental savings suggested in building block four of the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon emission standards for existing coal-fired power plants is not feasibly achievable… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]
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Budget & Policy
NGO Leaders: GOP Congress Will Target EPA, Carbon Regs Likely Safe
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/7/2014 When it comes to the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon emissions regulations for coal-fired power plants, the newly elected Republican Congress is in a situation to pick its battles, leaders of various nongovernmental… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view […]
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Budget & Policy
Reliability, Timeline Concerns Exist in Clean Power Plan NERC Report Says
Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 11/7/2014 A more timely approach should be taken in implementing the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon regulations for existing coal burning power plants in order to address some potentially significant false assumptions… 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 11/7/2014 IN THE INDUSTRY Solidia Technologies will receive $752,000 from the National Energy Technology Laboratory to further research and development in the company’s carbon reducing cement and concrete processes, Solidia announced late last… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingExchange Monitor! You must be logged in as a subscriber to view this page. Email […]