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Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Roquette $4m Fine, Climate Tax, Wind PTC

November 16, 2012June 30, 2013 by Leon Walker

Roquette America Inc. has agreed to pay a $4.1 million civil penalty to settle more than 1,000 alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit at its grain processing facility in Keokuk, Iowa, the EPA and the DOJ said. In addition to paying the penalty, Roquette will complete ... Read more »

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: BP Trial, Forest Emissions, FTC Hits Window Claims

February 27, 2012 by Leon Walker

BP and plaintiffs suing over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are discussing a $14 billion settlement that appears to be nearing completion. A federal judge in New Orleans delayed a liability trial to allow additional time to continue settlement talks. The proposed agreement would be separate from BP’s ... Read more »

12 Countries Agree to Carbon Capture Actions; IEA Urges Aggressive Policies

April 8, 2011 by Tamar Wilner

Energy secretaries from the U.S., U.K. and ten other countries have agreed to accelerate the development of carbon capture projects, at the Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in Abu Dhabi. Ministers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Norway, South Africa, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates also joined the ... Read more »

Obama Reveals Plan for Biofuels, Clean Coal

February 4, 2010 by Gina Roos

President Obama announced plans to boost the nation’s production of biofuels and to advance the development of clean-coal technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, reports the New York Times. This supports the President’s clean energy agenda to address global warming by replacing dirty fuels with renewable energy ... Read more »

Plummeting EU Carbon Market Bodes Ill for Clean Tech Investment

December 22, 2009 by Paul Nastu

As carbon emissions allowance prices inch ever lower, it becomes less and less feasible for companies to invest in renewable energy, carbon capture and storage and other alternative energy means, observers say. After the Copenhagen talks failed to reach a binding agreement, EU carbon prices fell to a six-month low ... Read more »

China Pushes for CO2 Storage, Not Emissions Reductions

November 6, 2009November 5, 2009 by Gina Roos

The head of the U.S. delegation at U.N. climate talks in Barcelona this week says China should cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, reports Reuters. Jonathan Pershing told Reuters that China should cut its GHG emissions by about 50 percent, which would allow for lower targets for ... Read more »

Carbon Capture Projects May Need to be Fast-Tracked

October 29, 2009 by Gina Roos

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects face a high risk of failure due to their high costs and should be applied across many sectors to ensure success, according to an audit of the world’s CCS projects aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions, reports Reuters. The audit, conducted by Global Carbon ... Read more »

Cap-and-Trade System Might Cost Less Than Critics Say

October 21, 2009October 21, 2009 by Gina Roos

The financial impact of regulating coal-fired power plants that produce carbon dioxide emissions under a cap-and-trade system is much less than previously projected, and a carbon capture and storage (CCS) option could keep the price of carbon credits low, according to new research. Opponents of the U.S. climate bill’s proposed ... Read more »

U.S. Spends $133B for Emission Mitigation

June 18, 2009October 19, 2009 by Gina Roos

Investments in the United States for greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation technologies totaled $132.9 billion dollars between 2000 and 2008, according to a new study by T2 and Associates and the Center for Energy Economics at the University of Texas. These investments were made by U.S.-based oil and gas companies, other ... Read more »

Pew Center Launches Online Climate TechBook

June 8, 2009October 19, 2009 by Gina Roos

The Pew Center has released an online resource — called the Climate TechBook — that delivers information on technologies to help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across five key sectors: electricity, transportation, industrial, residential and commercial, and agriculture. Each sector provides an overview of GHG emissions, technology overviews, and fact ... Read more »

Exxon Mobil Reduces GHG Emissions by 10M Metric Tons

May 26, 2009October 19, 2009 by Gina Roos

Exxon Mobil Corporation provides details on its environmental, economic and social performance improvements in its newly released 2008 Corporate Citizenship Report. Here are a few highlights from the company’s environmental performance report. The Irving, Texas-based petroleum and natural gas company has invested more than $1.5 billion in the past five ... Read more »

Canada Slates $880M for Clean Energy Fund

May 22, 2009October 19, 2009 by Gina Roos

The Canadian government has announced details of the C$1-billion (approximately $882 million) Clean Energy Fund, which will go to the development and advancement of clean energy technologies including carbon capture and storage (CSS) projects. Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural Resources, during an address to the University of Alberta, said the ... Read more »

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