Vol. 1, No. 221

Push for 45Q Extension Continues as Congress’s Work Days Tick Away

With just days left in the 114th Congress, little attention has been paid to legislation calling for an extension and expansion of the 45Q tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration. This has not gone unnoticed by the Western Governors’ Association, which in a plea Wednesday to congressional leaders asked that the measure be added as […]
  • Canadian Carbon Capture Research Institute Teams up with XPRIZE Competition

    Teams in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE competition will be able to use the CMC Research Institutes’ Carbon Capture and Conversion Institute (CCCI) in Canada under a partnership announced Thursday. “We are really excited to support of the NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE process. CCCI, NRG, COSIA and XPRIZE are tackling one of the most critical […]

  • Report: Cities Have Until 2020 to Do their Part to Address Climate

    The world’s largest cities have a significant role to play in global climate change efforts and they’d best get moving, the C40 megacities network said in a report Thursday. “The overriding and deeply significant finding of the work is that the next 4 years will determine whether or not the world’s megacities can deliver their […]

  • The Climate is Changing, but it’s No Big Deal, Manhattan Institute Says

    Climate change is real, but its effects will not be catastrophic, the Manhattan Institute said in a report Thursday. “Analyses consistently show that the costs of climate change are real but manageable. For instance, the prosperity that the world might achieve in 2100 without climate change may instead be delayed until 2102,” the report says. […]

  • Germany Must Make Climate Priority of G20 Presidency

    Germany on Thursday assumed the presidency of the Group of 20 nations, and international climate action advocates want the country to use its role to address the issue of climate change.  “Germany, at the helm of the G20 must reaffirm commitments to avoid irreversible climate change. It must, through its G20 leadership, work to ensure […]

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