Publications: GHG Monitor

After disavowing a questionnaire sent to the Department of Energy requesting information on its climate change efforts, President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has reportedly requested similar information from the State Department, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. “As part of a list of questions posed last week to the department’s Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental […]

The U.S. Department of Energy is accepting applications to fund new research through its annual University Coal Research (UCR) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Other Minority Institutions (HBCU/OMI) programs. Submissions to the funding opportunity announcement (FOA) are for fiscal 2017, which began on Oct. 1. “Through this proposed Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), the […]

A group of 50 protesters Tuesday headed to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team office in Washington, D.C. to teach the incoming administration a thing or two about climate change. “In opposition of Trump’s Climate Denial Cabinet, participants held a climate teach-in outside the Trump transition office to provide his administration with a much-needed lesson in […]

Four of NRG Energy’s power plants no longer are powered by coal, the company announced Monday. The Joliet Generating Station in Joliet Ill.; the Shawville Generating Station in Shawville Pa.; the New Castle Generating Station in New Castle, Pa., and one unit of the Big Cajun II Generating Station in New Roads, La. have been […]

Seventy percent of Canadians believe the nation should quickly shift away from fossil fuels, according to a recent survey of more than 1,800 Canadians conducted by Abacus Data. The survey questioned participants on the results of the recent First Ministers Meeting on climate, during which the premiers from all of Canada’s provinces and territories met […]

The ongoing saga of the Trump transition team Department of Energy survey took another turn late last week with a letter from nine Senate Democrats to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel requesting an investigation into the questionnaire. The survey, which was leaked to the press earlier this month, requested (among other information) that DOE […]

Membership in the Paris Agreement on climate change grew to 118 on Friday after Slovenia ratified the accord. The deal, which establishes a legal framework under which nations are to pursue domestically determined climate actions, entered into force on Nov. 4, just days before the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties to the […]

Initial data suggests that U.S. natural gas production faltered in 2016 after a year of growth in 2015, the Energy Information Administration said Friday. “Although annual production in 2015 grew, monthly U.S. natural gas production has since declined in 2016, falling to 71.4 Bcf/d [billion cubic feet per day] in July 2016 after reaching a […]

In the last seven years, Italy has made significant progress in decarbonizing its economy, the International Energy Agency said Friday in its latest review of the country. “Over the period since the last in-depth review in 2009, Italy has made strong progress in the development and implementation of energy policy,” the review says. The IEA […]

To foster the deployment of carbon capture and storage throughout Scotland, the Scottish government should pursue development of the technology at a small scale while also taking preparatory steps to ready for larger rollout, Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage found said in a report Thursday. “Scotland can start capturing and storing CO₂ now through actions […]

Putting to rest any lingering doubts about his pick for interior secretary, President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed his intent to nominate freshman Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.). “He has built one of the strongest track records on championing regulatory relief, forest management, responsible energy development and public land issues,” Trump said in a press release. […]

In 2008, as Barack Obama prepared for his first term in office as president, 82 percent of Democrats, 75 percent of independents, and 55 percent of Republicans believed the planet was warming. Now, eight years later and with a vastly different president-elect about to take office, 82 percent of Democrats, 75 percent of independents, and […]

November 2016 was .95 degrees Celsius warmer than average, making it the second-warmest November in recorded history, NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies said Thursday. Last month was .07 degrees cooler than November 2015, which was 1.02 degrees warmer than average, setting the record for warmest November ever. NASA uses data from 1951-1980 to calculate […]

Climate change poses significant risks to the world’s business, organizations, and markets, but current financial reporting practices do not adequately address that threat, according to a report Wednesday from the Group of 20 nations Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures. “The Task Force developed four widely adoptable recommendations on climate-related financial disclosures that are applicable […]

Royal Dutch Shell remains hopeful that carbon capture and storage can get off the ground even after having to abandon its own U.K project due to a lack of government support. “The decision to withdraw support for the Peterhead CCS project was a huge disappointment. But I remain hopeful, if only because there is no […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team on Wednesday indicated it did not authorize a survey sent to the Department of Energy requesting the name of personnel who have worked on issues related to climate change, CNN reported Wednesday. “The questionnaire was not authorized or part of our standard protocol. The person who sent it has been […]

SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Unit 3 carbon capture and storage project in Saskatchewan ran into a few “hiccups” this year with its amine carbon capture system, CEO Mike Marsh said Wednesday. “The issue is amine degradation,” he told reporters. “We expect every year there’s going to be some amine degradation, that’s why we budget for it, […]

In an unexpected move, President-elect Donald Trump is now expected to nominate freshman Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) to lead the Interior Department. This came after heavy reporting late last week that Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) would be the pick. Trump’s transition team has not yet officially announced Zinke’s appointment. The congressman would be tasked […]

United Kingdom-based Pale Blue Dot Energy and the Chinese Guangdong Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Center will worked together on carbon capture and storage projects under a memorandum of understanding announced Tuesday. “The agreement provides for the joint evaluation and development of CCS projects in both countries. The MOU also provides for exchange of capability […]

While the rest of the world charges ahead to secure a spot in the growing global clean energy market, the U.S. is faltering, but there is time to get the nation on the right course, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation said in a new report. “By investing in energy innovation and infrastructure, the United […]

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday formally announced his selection of ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson to serve as his administration’s secretary of state. “Rex knows how to manage a global enterprise, which is crucial to running a successful State Department, and his relationships with leaders all over the world are second to none. I […]

Former Texas Governor and recent reality television star Rick Perry seems to have taken “if you can’t beat them, join them” to heart. Perry, who during the latest Republican presidential campaign called now President-elect Donald Trump “a cancer on conservatism,” was tapped Wednesday to lead the Department of Energy under Trump’s incoming administration. Meanwhile, DOE […]

The Paris Agreement on climate change on Monday officially turned 1 year old. One year ago today the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was in overtime it adopted the agreement during the evening of Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. The crowd went wild. A […]