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New Report Suggests Best Approach to Invest Cap and Trade Revenue

April 19, 2012 by Kristin Eberhard
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California’s safest option for guarding against lawsuits over how it spends the billions anticipated from its landmark cap-and-trade program is to channel the auction revenue toward reducing greenhouse gas pollution and furthering the goals of its Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32), according to a recent analysis.The conclusion by the... [read more]

Canada’s Step Away From the Kyoto Protocol Can Be a Constructive Step Forward

June 13, 2011 by Robert Stavins
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Canada confirmed today (June 10, 2011) that it will not take on a target under an extension of the Kyoto Protocol following the completion of the first commitment period, 2008-2012.  Given that Canada is likely to miss by a wide margin its current target under the first commitment period, this decision may not be surprising, but it... [read more]

The Science Behind Obama's Legislative “Chunks”

January 5, 2011 by David Livingston
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Given President Obama’s recent declaration that the new course of energy policy may come in the form of “chunks” rather than comprehensive legislation, we must ask ourselves which chunks to push for first if we want better emission outcomes? In order to answer this question, it is necessary to better understand the emissions profile of... [read more]

The Results of Energy Policy

January 5, 2011 by Geoffrey Styles
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The combination of an energy event yesterday in Washington, DC that I was unable to attend and a comment I received on Monday's posting got me thinking about energy policy in the context of the new year and the start of the new Congressional session today.National energy policy has been debated throughout my adult life, whether the... [read more]

Carbon Capture: What are Economic and Social Benefits?

January 5, 2011 by Global CCS Institute
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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a vital tool in the global fight against climate change. With its important application to the capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions from power stations, CCS has a crucial role to play in tackling greenhouse gas emissions whilst maintaining security of supply. The International Energy Agency... [read more]

Expanded investment for Green Chemicals: Outlook for 2011

January 4, 2011 by Doris de Guzman
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After the dark economic events of 2009, 2010 is a brighter year for renewable chemical/ industrial biotechnology/ green chemistry companies as far as project milestones, investment activities and company exposures are concerned. More traditional chemical [and petroleum] companies are jumping into the concept of using renewable-based... [read more]

How to “Green” a Hamburger

January 4, 2011 by Marc Gunther
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Plastic bags, SUVs and hamburgers: No right-thinking tree-hugger would endorse them, at least not in public. But here’s the thing: While we can replace plastic bags with reusable ones, and we can electrify our SUVs, the world’s consumers will almost surely demand more, not less, beef in the years ahead. Which is why the World Wildlife... [read more]

2011: The Year of Regulation?

January 3, 2011 by Geoffrey Styles
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Some new years seem newer than others, bringing major changes rather than just the turning of a calendar page. 2011 is shaping up that way, with a return to divided government in the US and the beginning of national greenhouse gas regulation by the EPA based on that agency's interpretation of the Clean Air Act, rather than as a result of... [read more]

Can Carbon Emissions Markets Accelerate Smart Grid Progress?

December 27, 2010 by Christine Hertzog
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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) recently initiated rule making for the state’s cap and trade regulation as part of AB 32, and it’s an important tactic towards reducing California’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.  The first step to reduce the state’s GHG emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020, and then an additional... [read more]

Australian weather bureau: “Central Pacific Ocean surface temperatures are now at their warmest level since the El Niño of 1997-98″

December 25, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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That’s the the 7-day (12/14-12/20) sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly map from Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (ABM).  Their El Niño-Southern Oscillation report finds: Pacific Ocean temperatures remain at levels typical of a mature El Niño….  As a result, central Pacific Ocean surface temperatures are now at their... [read more]

Commerce Sec. Locke at COP15: Yes to Utility-Scale Solar…

December 13, 2009 by Osha Davidson
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Solar Power Part of a “Moral Obligation” to Act At the Climate Summit in Copenhagen on Friday, United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke spoke to reporters about the need to embrace fundamental change to combat global warming. Part of that change, he said, is accepting the scientific fact that climate change is a reality. Locke... [read more]

India’s position

December 12, 2009 by Lou Grinzo
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I think this one speaks for itself. India: No to peaking year: India has set up clear limits to the kind of climate commitments it is ready make in Copenhagen, says Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. India says no to a peaking year of emissions and rejects international scrutiny of domestic measures to cut greenhouse gases. India is... [read more]

Reconciling Emission Baselines

December 10, 2009 by Geoffrey Styles
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As the nations represented at Copenhagen debate proposals for reducing their absolute emissions or carbon intensity, I was reminded that we shouldn't just focus on the percentages being offered, but also on the reference year emissions on which these proposals are based, since these aren't necessarily comparable. That's particularly... [read more]

Carnegie Writes Misinformed Memo About Being Misinformed About China’s Misdirected Carbon Cuts

December 10, 2009 by Richard Brubaker
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Apologies for the long title. I have just read through the recent piece by William Chandler of the Carnegie Endowment entitled Memo to Copenhagen: Commentary is Misinformed—China’s Commitment is Significant, and left to believe that someone drank a little too much carbon punch at the COP15 preparty. Typically someone I agree with,... [read more]

Yet another greenhouse gas!

September 22, 2009 by David Hone
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I was speaking on a panel in Oxford last week and the subject of greenhouse gases other than CO2 came up with one of my fellow panelists. It seems we can add a “new” one to the list of recognised greenhouse gases, Nitrogen Trifluoride. NF3 has a global warming potential (GWP) some 17,000 times that of CO2 with an estimated atmospheric... [read more]