GHG Monitor Vol. 1, No. 80

Budget & Policy

EPA Denies Petitions to Reconsider NSPS, Defends BD3 Performance

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday denied five motions to reconsider its New Source Performance Standards. The rule, finalized last fall alongside the slightly more controversial Clean Power Plan, essentially mandates the use of carbon capture technology on any new-build coal-fired power plant. The rule’s critics argue that carbon capture and storage is not adequately […]
  • Budget & Policy

    Clinton Heads into Coal Country

    Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is headed into coal country this week with scheduled presidential campaign stops in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio. While there, Clinton “will meet with voters, hear their stories, and discuss how she will fight to raise incomes and expand opportunities for them and their families as president,” according to […]

  • International

    Seychelles Ratifies Paris Agreement

    The small East African island nation of Seychelles has become the 16th country to ratify the Paris Agreement. The nation represents such a small percentage of global emissions, however, that its addition barely wiggles the needle toward the numbers needed for the agreement to come into force. The accord will take effect shortly after at […]

  • International

    Report: Nearly Half of World’s Top 500 Investors Turn Blind Eye to Climate Change

    Almost half of the world’s top 500 investors have ignored climate risk completely, according to the 2016 edition of the Global Climate 500 Index, an annual report produced by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project. “Climate change risk is now a mainstream issue for institutional investors and last year has seen many significantly step up their […]

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