Senate Passes Spending Bill Restoring Climate Service, Adding Carbon Capture Funding

The Senate approved a fiscal 2012 spending bill Nov. 1 that allots $2 billion for carbon capture and storage projects and restores $161.5 million to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration climate service that had been barred by the House in June…

Chinese, American Officials Announce Clean Energy Deals

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Government and business officials from the United States and China stressed cooperation on energy and environmental issues at a forum Jan. 18 where it was announced 13 companies from the two countries were entering into business deals related to…

EPA Rules Address Safety, Emissions at Underground Carbon Injection Sites

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized two rules Nov. 22 that seek to address safety and emissions at sites where carbon dioxide is injected and stored underground to prevent global warming…

EPA Issues Guidance to States, Localities on Controls for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency Nov. 10 released a guidance document to help states and localities determine the technology that stationary sources such as power plants and refineries may use to…

Appliance Efficiency Bill Introduced in Senate as Part of Strategy to Move Energy Package

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) introduced legislation Sept. 29 that would set energy efficiency standards for…

Energy Department Commits $1 Billion to FutureGen2 Carbon Capture Project

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Department of Energy announced Sept. 28 that it has completed a formal agreement to provide $1 billion to the FutureGen2 project to build a…

Multilateral Banks Revise Lending Policies to Balance Energy Needs, Climate Concerns

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Multilateral development banks are revising the way they assess projects that seek financing, increasingly looking for ways to incorporate concerns about climate change and…

Texas Adopts Rule on Sales Tax Exemption for Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Projects

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts adopted a rule (Regulations Section 3.326) to implement H.B. 469, enacted in 2009 to create a sales and use…

Energy Department Awards $1 Billion to FutureGen Carbon Sequestration Project

The Department of Energy announced Aug. 5 that it will redesign the FutureGen project, a public-private partnership formed to design, construct, and…

New Senate Bill Would Provide $2 Billion a Year for Carbon Sequestration

Legislation announced July 14 by Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and George Voinovich (R-Ohio) would provide $20 billion to fund demonstration of carbon capture and storage at…

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