Gore Meets with Donald, Ivanka Trump
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Budget & Policy
McCarthy: EPA Mission Will Persist In Trump Administration
Unable to offer many details about the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy on Monday emphasized the lasting nature of the EPA’s mission. “We have a great mission that I know will sustain because people kind of like clean air and clean water and healthy land,” McCarthy said during […]
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Innovation & Infrastructure
BD3 Hiccups in November
In addition to six days of planned maintenance, SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Unit 3 carbon capture and storage project was taken offline for several days in November due to a compressor electrical failure, according to the utility’s latest monthly report on the facility. “Through the process, we were able to capture 47,113 tonnes of carbon dioxide […]
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Budget & Policy
Nation’s Move to Clean Energy has Staying Power, NRDC Says
The United States in the midst of a clean energy revolution that cannot be stopped, the Natural Resources Defense Council said in a report Monday. “The United States is changing fundamentally across the energy sector, accelerating away from fossil fuels into a clean energy future. The trend, obvious for more than a decade, is a […]
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Budget & Policy
Heitkamp Continues to Pull for 45Q Bill
With just days left before Congress heads home for the holidays, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) is still pushing for a vote on a bill extending the existing 45Q tax credit for carbon storage. “Congress shouldn’t be a place where good ideas with bipartisan support fail to move forward,” Heitkamp wrote in an editorial published Sunday […]
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Budget & Policy
Report Suggests Different Path Forward on Climate, Energy Policy for Trump
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has an opportunity to chart a better path for action on energy and climate change than the one followed by the Barack Obama administration, the American Council for Capital Formation said in a report Monday. “[I]mproving the production and use of all sources of domestic energy is a better alternative to […]