Greenhouse

As mandated by the state’s 2006 law, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) Feb. 8 released their joint recommendation for greenhouse gas (GHG) emission limits in the electricity and natural gas sectors, proposing a mix of mandatory regulatory requirements and a cap-and-trade system. Ultimately the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will establish the standards.

Dealing with carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and their part in global climate change is one of the great challenges facing the world order, said Exelon CEO John W. Rowe.

The prospect of a new presidential administration and Congress passing a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions law next year make it imperative that Northwest utilities sign new 20-year contracts with the federal Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in order to lock in prices, said a former BPA chief administrator.

The prospect of a new presidential administration and Congress passing a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions law next year make it imperative that Northwest utilities sign new 20-year contracts with the federal Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) in order to lock in prices, said a former BPA chief administrator.

Higher prices, increasing supply demands from developing nations, recently enacted U.S. regulations and changing public attitudes toward greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and alternative fuels are all forcing changes in worldwide energy markets, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Annual Energy Outlook 2008 (AEO).

Blue Source LLC, a U.S. portfolio of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction offsets and developer of carbon capture and storage projects, said it is successfully capturing vent stack carbon dioxide (CO2) from a natural gas processing plant and flowing it to an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) site, preventing millions of cubic feet of CO2 from entering the atmosphere every day from the plant at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near La Veta in south-central Colorado.

Blue Source LLC, a U.S. portfolio of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction offsets and developer of carbon capture and storage projects, said it is successfully capturing vent stack carbon dioxide (CO2) from a natural gas processing plant and flowing it to an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) site, preventing millions of cubic feet of CO2 from entering the atmosphere every day from the plant at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains near La Veta in south-central Colorado.

Congress should look to natural gas as a backup if the technologies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are not fully developed and commercialized in the decades ahead, a report commissioned by the National Gas Council (NGC) said last Wednesday.

Congress should look to natural gas if the technologies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are not fully developed and commercialized in the decades ahead, a report commissioned by the National Gas Council (NGC) said Wednesday.