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Controversial FutureGen Gets Second Chance
FutureGen, a carbon capture and sequestration project that was abandoned by the Bush Administration, is getting a second chance to prove its technology. The Department of Energy ...
DOE Creates National Carbon Capture Center
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched a new National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) to speed up the development and testing of new technologies to ...
How National Grid Ties Executive Pay to Carbon Reduction
Utility company National Grid made headlines earlier this year when it revealed it would be basing executive's compensation, in part, on their performance against targets ...
Mexico’s Alternative to Global Cap and Trade Gains Steam
Mexico's proposal for a global climate change fund, instead of the rigorous cap-and-trade function favored by the European Union and President Obama, may win out for ...
European Climate Exchange Foresees Carbon Trade Doubling
European Climate Exchange says it expects the amount the amount of carbon credits traded on its platform to double this year. European Climate Exchange expects the volume ...
Montana Signs Carbon Storage Bill
Governor Brian Schweitzer of Montana signed a bill that creates regulatory guidelines for storing carbon dioxide underground in Montana, reports the Great Falls Tribune newspaper. The bill ...
Heavy Industries Not Likely to Bolt Over Cap and Trade
Heavy industries likely will not pull up shop and head overseas if the U.S. implements a cap and trade system for carbon emissions, as the Obama ...
Canada, China, Germany Struggle to Reduce GHG Emissions
Although many countries are setting carbon reduction targets, many of them are still struggling with ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions -- much of it from ...
EPA Reconsiders Three Rules Under Clean Permitting Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reconsidering portions of the three rules under its New Source Review (NSR) clean permitting program for industrial facilities. These rules ...
EPA’s GHG Endangerment Ruling Puts Utilities, Manufacturers on Defensive
In the wake of the Environmental Protection Agency's so-called "endangerment" ruling on greenhouse gases, pundits are in full-spin mode, with advocates, critics and interested observers detailing ...
Excessive EU Carbon Credits Result in Big Profits
European steel companies were awarded far more carbon credits than they needed and have reaped a windfall in profits. Steelmakers received a surplus of credits worth ...
Canada, Mexico Considering Carbon Trading Markets
Carbon trading across North America may be a reality soon if Mexico and Canada move forward with plans to establish their own markets. By 2012, Canada will ...
U.S. Power Plant Carbon Emissions Fell in 2008
With a slower economy and mild weather, 2008 proved to be good for utilities' carbon emissions bottom line. Following years of steady growth in power plant emissions, ...
White House Ties Climate Action to Economic Growth
Increasingly, the Obama Administration's messaging on climate action is tied to opportunities for economic growth. The proposed cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions would "encourage the development and ...
EPA Will Hold Public Hearings April 6, 7 on Greenhouse Gas Reporting Proposal
Companies that want to make their opinions known about the Environmental Protection Agency's proposal for greenhouse gas reporting will have a chance to do so ...
Coal Plants May Add Solar Thermal Power
As a way to reduce their greenhouse gases, as a percentage of total electricity produced, some coal-fired power plants are considering adding solar power, according to ...
FutureGen Project May Get ‘Fresh Look’
An Illinois clean-coal project that was tabled by the Bush Administration may get a second life under the new president. The FutureGen project gained prominence for ...
New York Allowance Giveaway Strains Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
By agreeing to increase power plants' free allowances for carbon-dioxide emissions, New York Governor David Patterson has broken with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a pact ...
Midwest Cap-and-Trade Compact Building Momentum
A Midwestern states initiative to reduce carbon emissions may be getting an overhaul and a kick in the pants later this year. Wisconsin Governor Jim D0yle said ...
Pelosi Urges Capitol Power Plant Shift Away from Coal
In a largely ceremonial suggestion, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called today for switching a Washington, D.C., power plant ...
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