Publications: GHG Reduction Technologies Monitor

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/20/2016 Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday signed NextGen Climate’s “50 by 30” pledge, committing to support an energy system powering America with 50 percent renewable energy by 2030. “We hope she will continue to talk about solutions that are critical to prevent climate […]

GHG Daily 1/20/2016 Bioenergy, if developed correctly, can provide significant emissions reductions in the United Kingdom, even without the use of carbon capture and storage, according to a report released Tuesday by the Energy Technologies Institute. Bioenergy with CCS (BECCS) remains the optimal means of achieving negative emissions energy production, the report finds. However, “If […]

GHG Daily 1/20/2016 Due to its location alongside the central North Sea, Scotland is well situated to serve as a carbon capture and storage hub for the United Kingdom, according to a new report from Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage (SCCS). “A CO2 capture cluster in central and eastern Scotland involving both power and industrial […]

GHG Daily 1/20/2016 On average, Americans are willing to pay up to 2.4 percent of their income to avoid colder winters and hotter summers, according to a Jan. 15 report released by Resources for the Future. The study considers the “amenity value of climate” – what people would pay to experience warmer winters or avoid […]

GHG Daily 1/20/2016 The federally, set state-specific targets in the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants are based on faulty assumptions, according to a report issued Tuesday by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. According to the report, while EPA claimed the targets are source-specific emissions performance rates, they are not […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/19/2016 As was hinted at during President Barack Obama’s Jan. 12 State of the Union address, the administration on Friday afternoon announced a moratorium on coal leasing on federal lands. During the pause on coal leasing, the Interior Department will conduct a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) review of the […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/19/2016 The topic of climate change, which was largely glossed over during last week’s Republican presidential debate, came up several times during Sunday evening’s Democratic event, with the candidates pitching the issue as an economic opportunity. “We need to be bold and decisive. We can create millions of jobs. We […]

GHG Daily 1/19/2016 Putting a price on carbon is not only the most economically efficient way to drive low-carbon technology innovation, it is also the fastest, according to a new report from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. “Public policies that put a price on carbon (emissions trading systems, carbon taxes […]

GHG Daily 1/19/2016 Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead on Saturday pledged to defend the state’s coal industry. While the Obama administration continues to issue regulations and orders making it harder for coal to prosper in the face of action on climate change, there may be a win-win solution out there, the Republican governor wrote in an […]

Abby L. Harvey                        GHG Daily 1/15/2016 Today is the final day for interested parties to file comments with the California Energy Commission (CEC) regarding the Hydrogen Energy California (HECA) project’s application for certification. Late last year, CEC staff recommended the termination of the HECA application. The project’s developer, SCS Energy, in mid-July received a six-month […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/15/2016 Presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) found himself painted as an environmentalist of all things this week, by conservative media organization Breitbart News. The organization Wednesday dug up a 2008 television interview featuring Rubio, then speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, stating that he was “in favor of […]

GHG Daily 1/15/2016 Under the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants, the nation can successfully reduce power sector carbon emissions and preserve a diverse energy mix, according to extensive modeling analysis conducted by M.J. Bradley & Associates. Under the 14 scenarios modeled, the nation can cut power-sector emissions by more […]

GHG Daily 1/15/2016 Shannon Angielski has been appointed executive director of the Coal Utilization Research Council, replacing Ben Yamagata, who held the position for more than 17 years. “I am confident we can build on the progress CURC has made under Ben’s leadership, and I plan to work with the coalition to drive further action […]

GHG Daily 1/15/2016 The Environmental Protection Agency has at its disposal a power tool to combat climate change that it has yet to wield, according to an analysis by lawyers from the Institute for Policy Integrity, Columbia Law School, the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, and the University Of California, Los Angeles […]

GHG Daily will not be published on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Look for the next edition in your inbox on Tuesday, Jan. 19.

GHG Daily 1/14/2016 Berlin-based think tank Agora Energiewende wants Germany to be off coal by 2040, and it knows how to make that happen, according to a paper released yesterday morning. In order to meet the country’s climate commitments of reducing German greenhouse gasses by at least 55 percent by 2030, at least 70 percent […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/14/2016 President Barack Obama had much to say about climate change in his final State of the Union address Tuesday evening, and the country had just as much to say back. In the speech, Obama announced that one of his goals during the remainder of his time in the White […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/14/2016 The significant financial commitments made during the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Paris late last year, as well as those included within the global climate agreement finalized at the meeting, represent a noteworthy step forward for […]

GHG Daily 1/16/2016 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo envisions a state with no coal-fired power plants by 2020, according to his State of the State address on Wednesday. “To achieve the state’s goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector 40 percent by 2030 the Governor seeks to close or repower the three […]

GHG Daily 1/14/2016 Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) is seeking state insights into the effects of the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory programs. “EPA actions issued under environmental statutes such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act are based on the principle of cooperative federalism,” Inhofe wrote in a […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/13/2016 It is long past the time for debating the reality of climate change, President Barack Obama said Tuesday night in his final State of the Union address. Instead, he said, the nation should focus on harnessing the potential for innovation the problem presents. “Even if the planet wasn’t at […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/13/2016 British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday stood by his government’s decision to nix a £1 billion carbon capture and storage commercialization competition. When the completion came across the table during a spending review, Cameron said, the government Cabinet collectively decided it was time to pull support. “It seemed to […]

GHG Daily 1/13/2016 The state of Florida may soon join the ranks of states refusing to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants. Two bills introduced on Jan. 12, a state Senate version and a state House of Representatives version, would prohibit Florida from complying with the regulations, […]

GHG Daily 1/13/2016 Carbon pricing is the most direct and efficient way to meet the ambitious goals of the new global climate agreement struck in Paris late last year, the International Monetary Fund said Monday. The Paris Agreement sets a goal of limiting global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius.  “At the heart […]

GHG Daily 1/13/2016 Regardless of a continued push by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for the deployment of large-scale net-negative CO2 emissions technology, little has been done to scale up deployment of bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration (BECCS), according to a new article by University of California, Berkeley researchers Daniel Sanchez and […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/12/2016 Exactly one month after a new global climate deal was agreed upon in Paris, policy experts met Monday morning to discuss the future of carbon markets and taxes. While the majority of economists have long agreed upon market-based approaches to limiting carbon emissions as the most efficient way to […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Daily 1/12/2016 States choosing to pursue a market-based compliance system under the Environmental Protection Agency’s carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants still have many decisions to make, a panel of experts speaking at the Bipartisan Policy Center yesterday morning said. The regulation in question, the Clean Power Plan, sets […]

GHG Daily 1/12/2016 The White House has remained secretive about the specifics of President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address tonight, but signs point to at least some mention of the administration’s efforts to combat climate change. “Under President Obama’s leadership we have met that challenge and led the international community and world […]

GHG Daily 1/12/2016 The carbon capture and storage industry may never recover from its current slump if a “coordinated global portfolio” of projects is not developed, according to University of Cambridge researcher David Reiner. Reiner noted that the push for the rapid deployment of CCS that took place from 2005-09 has fallen off as the […]

GHG Daily 1/12/2016 On the eve of President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address, Thomas Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, took the opportunity to raise concern about Obama’s regulatory intentions during his last year in office. “Six of the seven years of greatest regulatory activity have now taken […]