Publications: GHG Monitor

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/22/2016 The U.S. Court of the Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Thursday denied a request to stay the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants. “Petitioners have not satisfied the stringent requirements for a stay pending court review,” the court wrote in the […]

GHG Daily 1/22/2016 Two Virginia state legislators, Sen. Donald McEachin, (D-Henrico) and Del. Ronald Villanueva, (R-Virginia Beach), have introduced legislation calling for the Commonwealth of Virginia to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. “Not later than June 30, 2017, the Governor shall seek to include the Commonwealth as a full participant in RGGI or other […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/21/2016 The developers of the projects that remained in the U.K.’s Carbon Capture and Storage Commercialization Competition had the rug pulled out from under them when the program was canceled last year with little warning, a panel of experts said Wednesday during a hearing of the House of Commons Energy […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/21/2016 The Environmental Protection Agency has elected not to extend the comment period for its federal implementation plan (FIP) for the Clean Power Plan, carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants, regardless of numerous requests for an extension. “After reviewing requests to extend the public comment period for the […]

GHG Daily 1/21/2016 Global surface temperatures in 2015 were the highest on record, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Wednesday. Modern record keeping of surface temperatures has been ongoing since 1880. Prior to 2015, 2014 was the hottest year on record, according to the agencies. “Today’s announcement not only underscores how […]

GHG Daily 1/21/2016 The Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants, the Clean Power Plan, constitute an undoubtedly complex regulation that is difficult to evaluate, but adequately analyzing the rule is not impossible, according to a new report by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). “Although effectively evaluating the impacts of […]

GHG Daily 1/21/2016 David Crane, the former CEO of NRG Energy, has secured a new position as editor-at-large of the GreenBiz Group. Crane served as president and CEO of NRG Energy for 12 years, before stepping down in early December 2015. Crane’s departure from the energy company was likely due to a stock tumble and the […]