Publications: GHG Reduction Technologies Monitor

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 10/3/2014 Carbon dioxide emissions in the United States have increased compared 2012 and the first half of 2013 according to two recently published government reports. The reports, prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Information Agency, both note that the majority of carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/26/2014 The Environmental Protection Agency may have “missed the boat” in terms of crediting states who have taken early action to reduce carbon emissions in their proposed carbon emission standards for existing coal-fired power plants, some state and utility officials said during a panel discussion hosted by the Bipartisan Policy […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/26/2014 Top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee challenged in a letter to Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz this week the legality of the Environmental Protection Agency’s selection of Carbon Capture and Storage Technology as the Best Source of Emission Reduction (BSER) in its proposed New Source Performance […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/26/2014 A large private sector presence, coupled with world leaders making significant commitments at the U.N. Climate Summit held this week in New York, could be the motivation the world needs to develop important low-carbon technologies at an accelerated pace, Janet Peace, Vice President of Markets and Business Strategy at […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/26/2014 The United States must act now to combat climate change without putting the nation’s future fiscal security at risk and businesses across the country are ready, Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said at two events held this week. “As an economic […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/26/2014 Reps. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced legislation late last week aimed at helping to retrain coal industry workers who  have lost their jobs due to the downturn in the industry caused by “actions by the Federal Government, the low-cost of other forms of energy, the existence […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/26/2014 A group of national and regional governments, as well as more than 1,000 companies and investors, have formed a new group to help push for the wide-spread adoption of carbon pricing in an effort to combat climate change. The creation of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition was announced by […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/26/2014 Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning and cement production reached an all-time high in 2013 and are expected to increase even more in 2014, according to a report released this week by the multinational tracking initiative, Global Carbon Project. The project’s annual Global Carbon Budget report finds that […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/26/2014 The U.S. Department of Energy and Natural Resources Canada late last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning enhanced energy efforts including carbon capture and storage. Under the MOU, the countries will work together on various fronts including knowledge sharing, technical information and research plans aimed at a variety […]

GHG Monitor 9/26/2014 IN INDUSTRY The Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced early this week that is will divest from fossil fuels including coal and tar sands to better align its investments with the foundation’s Sustainable Development program goals. That shift will move forward “as quickly as possible,” the organization said in a release. “Given the structure […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/19/2014 The state government of Victoria, Australia, has pledged $5 million in funding to the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies’ (CO2CRC) continued carbon storage research project in Otway, Australia. The announcement was made during Australia’s National CCS Conference by Victoria’s Minister for Energy and Resources, Russell Northe, according […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/19/2014 A swift shift from unabated coal burning, an end of fossil fuel subsidies and an increase in low-carbon technological innovation, among several other measures, can lead to a low-carbon future without causing economic harm, according to a report published this week by the Global Commission on the Economy and […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/19/2014 The House of Representatives passed an energy package late this week that comprised of several pieces of legislation, includes a measure to block the Environmental Protection Agency from creating or enforcing carbon emissions standards for new (NSPS) and existing coal-fired power plants. The bill states that the EPA “may […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/19/2014 The Environmental Protection Agency is extending by 45 days the public comment period for its proposed carbon emissions standards for existing coal-fired power plants. The public comment period was initially set to run for 120 days, to Oct. 16, but now will end on Dec. 1, acting EPA Assistant […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/19/2014 Mexico, though not on the hotlist of counties actively pursuing carbon capture utilization and storage, has taken significant first steps in recent years to develop a vast CCUS infrastructure in the county. The timeline that has been set forth by the country is aggressive with planning for two pilot […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/19/2014 Governments have fallen behind the corporate world when it comes to pricing carbon, according to a report released by U.K.-based organization Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) this week, which states that 150 major corporations worldwide have already adopted the practice of using an internal price on carbon in their investment […]

GHG Monitor 9/19/2014 IN INDUSTRY A group of 160 environmental prize winners this week called on foundations and philanthropists to disinvest in fossil fuels and instead devote their endowments to climate mitigation efforts. The “Environmental Laureates’ Declaration on Climate Change,” which was published early this week in the form of a full page advertisement in […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/12/2014 The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has selected eight international developers from a pool of 17 applicants to bid for the first phase of the Hassyan Clean-Coal Power Project, DEWA announced late last week. The short-list of potential bidders consists of Mitsubishi; China Huadian Corporation; EDF International SAS;  […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/12/2014 The Environmental Protection Agency’s new proposed carbon emission guidelines for existing coal-fired power plants are continuing to come under question at the state level, with a group of 15 governors expressing concern in a letter to President Barack Obama this week and a group of state regulators expressing concern […]

Mike Nartker GHG Monitor 9/12/2014 Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall—the Obama Administration’s choice to serve as the new No. 2 official in DOE—this week joined the lengthy list of DOE nominees awaiting full confirmation by the Senate. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved Sherwood-Randall’s nomination to serve as the next Deputy Secretary of Energy by a […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/12/2014 Two planned carbon capture and storage projects in the United Kingdom carry “unacceptable” levels of risk for the government to make a final investment decision at this time, the UK Government wrote in a response published late last week to a May 2014 report by the House of Commons […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/12/2014 A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Penn State University says that less stringent regulations for new fossil fuel power plants would be more effective at stimulating investment into carbon capture technologies than currently proposed regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency. The study, which was published […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/12/2014 Cenex Harvest States (CHS) announced late last week that it will go ahead with a $3 billion nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing plant to be built in Spiritwood, N.D with or without a sought-after loan guarantee from the Department of Energy. The CHS project would convert natural gas into ammonia for […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/12/2014 Speaking at the groundbreaking of the NRG Energy W.A. Parish Petra Nova carbon capture and storage project late last week, NRG CEO David Crane said the company may develop future projects employing the technology. "I think the success of the project will be demonstrated very quickly and enable us […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/12/2014 The price tag on the Kemper County Energy Facility has increased again, this time by roughly $29 million, bringing the total cost of the first-of-its-kind project to $5.6 billion, according to a filing by Mississippi Power with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week. The reason for the latest […]

Abby L. Harvey GHG Monitor 9/12/2014 As Occidental Petroleum moves forward with plans to spin off its California operations, it remains unclear if SCS Energy has continued with attempts to develop an agreement to sell captured carbon dioxide from the Hydrogen Energy California project for use in enhanced oil recovery in the Elk Hills oil […]

GHG Monitor 9/12/2014 An article in the Sept. 5 issue of GHG Monitor incorrectly identified Oct. 8 as the end date to submit responses to a Request for Information issued by the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy concerning advanced post-combustion carbon capture technologies that are ready to be tested at a large pilot scale. The […]