Paris Agreement Enters Into Force
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International
UNEP Report: Carbon Budget for 1.5 Degrees Will Be Blown by 2030
Even if all signatories to the Paris Agreement meet their climate change commitments, the world will in less than 15 years far exceed the determined carbon emissions cap to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the United Nations Environment Program said in a report Thursday. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its […]
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Budget & Policy
National Coal Council Sets Spring 2017 Meeting
The National Coal Council, an advisory board to the secretary of energy on issues related to the coal industry, has scheduled its annual spring meeting for March 14-15, 2017, in Washington, D.C. The event will consist of a reception on March 14 and a full council meeting March 15. “We’ll have details on hotel logistics […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
BD3 Operates Reliably Through October, November Maintenance Planned
SaskPower said Thursday its Boundary Dam Unit 3 carbon capture and storage project in Saskatchewan, Canada, operated throughout the month of October. “In October, the process operated very reliably once again, capturing 82,355 tonnes of carbon dioxide during 100% of the hours in the month. This brings the total capture for 2016 to 686,700 tonnes, […]