Utilities shrug off court decision, say carbon-cutting plans are on track In a town famous for news leaks, the Supreme Court managed to deliver a genuine surprise when it moved this week to freeze the Obama administration’s signature regulation on climate change, raising doubts about U.S. promises to cut pollution blamed for Earth’s warming. But … Continue reading Utilities shrug off court decision, say carbon-cutting plans are on track→
Georgia Power hails SCOTUS decision to block enforcement of Clean Power Plan Georgia Power officials are hailing a decision by the Supreme Court to temporarily stay enforcement of the Clean Power Plan promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last fall. Georgia is one of 25 states that filed a legal challenge to the plan … Continue reading #Georgia_Power hails #SCOTUS decision to block enforcement of #Clean_Power_Plan→
Use Market Pricing to Reduce California CO2 Emissions Nobody should be surprised that California’s cap-and-trade program is the most cost-effective strategy to reduce carbon emissions. What’s astonishing is that policy makers insist on pursuing other more expensive options. The existing mandate to GHG reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 is apparently on an achievable … Continue reading Use Market Pricing to Reduce California CO2 Emissions→
Carbon Capture Is Expensive Because Physics Carbon capture and sequestration is expensive because it has three components, each with its own expensive challenges: capture, distribution, and sequestration. The mass of CO2 produced is 2-3 times the mass of coal or methane* burned and is more challenging per unit to ship than coal, so the cost … Continue reading Carbon Capture Is Expensive Because Physics→
Could this plant hold the key to generating fuel from CO2 emissions? In the aftermath of the Paris climate agreement, those wondering how the world is going to seriously reduce and even reverse the flow of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere may find a key part of the answer taking shape on a rain-soaked parcel … Continue reading Could this plant hold the key to generating fuel from CO2 emissions?→
Why we can’t plug Southern California’s massive methane leak There’s a burgeoning environmental disaster playing out in Southern California — but unlike the widespread media coverage on the Deepwater Horizon, this leak has been invisible until quite recently. In late October, the Southern California Gas Company detected an underground methane leak spewing an estimated 110,000 … Continue reading Why we can’t plug Southern California’s massive #methane leak→
Cap-And-Trade Program Touted By EPA Is NOT Driving Down Emissions A New England cap-and-trade system supported by the Environmental Protection Agency is not the driver behind falling carbon dioxide emission levels in those states, according to an analysis by the Institute for Energy Research published Tuesday. Nine New England states are voluntarily participating in the … Continue reading #Cap-And-Trade Program Touted By EPA Is NOT Driving Down Emissions→
U.S. reports mixed bag for CO2 emissions A federal report from the U.S. government found a diverse energy landscape meant emissions tied to energy use were down in neary every state since 2005. “The United States has a diverse energy landscape that is reflected in differences in state-level emissions profiles,” a briefing from the U.S. … Continue reading U.S. reports mixed bag for CO2 emissions→
Calpine will support new CO2 rules Texas is challenging in court Splitting from many of its rivals in the power generation business, Houston-based Calpine Corp. will file court papers Thursday in support of the Obama administration’s new rules on power plant emissions, which Texas and other states have challenged in federal court. Calpine stands to … Continue reading #Calpine will support new CO2 rules #Texas is challenging in court→
Shell Canadian carbon capture project begins Washington, 6 November (Argus) — Shell has started commercial operations at its Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Alberta, Canada. Quest is the world’s first commercial-scale CCS project to tackle carbon emissions from an oil sands development. It will capture and store underground over 1mn t/yr of … Continue reading #Shell Canadian carbon capture project begins→
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