The U.S. EPA greenhouse gas regulations provided biomass facilities with an important incentive – a unique “deferral” from having to achieve established CO2 emission limits. For certain biomass facilities not being regulated for CO2 emissions had significant benefits from both a capital and operational cost perspective. There likely are a number of biomass facilities which currently owe their financial viability to the deferral.
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With Impending New Regulations, Coal Industry Focuses on Carbon Capture and Storage
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By Susan Marriott
President Obama proposed several broad energy-related initiatives in his State of the Union address last week, which are summarized in David Flynn’s post below. Noticeably absent from the President’s address was “clean coal,” which had been part of the President’s “all of the above” approach to domestic energy development. The apparent absence of coal from the President’s energy agenda is another setback to the future of the coal industry, which has been declining in the U.S. due to greenhouse gas regulations and competition from natural gas. Nevertheless, recent developments in carbon capture and storage (“CCS”) technology may help the coal industry adapt to a changing regulatory environment.
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“Tailoring” of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Agenda
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A key input into increased development of renewable energy projects in the U.S. is, and will continue to be, driven by U.S. EPA’s efforts to regulate greenhouse gasses (“GHG”). The nature and scope of GHG regulation, and Congress’ role in that effort, will be a material input into the renewable energy market. I encourage you…
Counting Jobs at the EPA
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By Susan Marriott
The House of Representatives has set its sights on limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to enforce several environmental laws in this country. For example, the House voted last week to strip the EPA of all authority to regulate greenhouse gases. Such a measure is unlikely to pass the Senate and the president has indicated he would veto such a bill; however, the House is seeking leverage to prevent regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.
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