All Posts Tagged With: "greenhouse gases"
In-Depth — Supreme Court Hearing of GHG Case Could Have Far-Reaching Consequences
If the Court permits this kind of lawsuit, utilities could face significant future liability for climate change-related damages and a proliferation of similar nuisance suits across the country.
24Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Reeling BP Looks to Resume Colorado Drilling, Wind Projects
A BP America spokeswoman this week said the company is eyeing a resumption of coal-bed methane drilling in La Plata County this fall, although the decision has more to do with a hoped-for rebound in natural gas prices and some resolution with regard to local drilling regulations.
17Jun2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Colorado Companies Blast Murkowski’s Bid to
Block EPA on Greenhouse Gases
Critics say Murkowski and coal-state Democrats like Rockefeller are pandering to entrenched fossil-fuel-based power sources and mining interests at the expense of a growing clean-energy sector like the one currently booming in Colorado.
9Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
West Slope Natural Gas Tracks –
>> Garfield County May Disband Energy Advisory Board
>> Panel Says NG Fueling Stations Needed in Area
>> Is McInnis Denying Reality of Gas Regs?
>> Martin: GarCo Blundered by Drilling Monitoring Wells
>> ConocoPhillips: Natural Gas Solutions Being Ignored
>> GS Firm Gets Grant for Methane Emissions Study in China
Analyzing EPA’s Reporting Rule
Under the rule, suppliers of fossil fuels or industrial greenhouse gases, manufacturers of vehicles and engines, and certain facilities that emit 25,000 metric tons or more per year of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are required to submit annual reports to the Environmental Protection Agency.
19Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Obama’s Energy Policy Finds Broad Support in Poll — But Cap-and-Trade Bill is Harder Sell
Most Americans approve of the way the President is handling energy issues and support efforts by him and Democrats in Congress to overhaul energy policy — including the controversial cap-and-trade approach, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll.
31Aug2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Public Packs Valmont Power Plant Hearing
in Boulder
Residents took their turn at the podium in the County Courthouse for nearly four hours, pleading with the state’s Air Quality Control Commission to deny the permit for a host of reasons, mostly centering on the CO2 released each year when coal is burned at the plant northeast of Boulder.
15Jul2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Cap and Trade, or Smoke and Mirrors?
Is cap and trade the answer? Industrial interests seem to favor it because it buys them time, literally, to spend the real money that reduces the real pollution, or perhaps avoid it altogether by figuring out how to trade off their liability.
29Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
U.S. Carbon Market Seen Rocketing to $2 Trillion
“Make no mistake, these carbon markets can be the world’s largest commodity markets in a few short years,” Commissioner, Bart Chilton, told a carbon market gathering in Chicago earlier this month.
22Jun2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
CSU Biomass Boiler Cuts Greenhouse Gases
“CSU will be assisting much-needed local forest management efforts by providing a market for woody biomass,” said a forest supervisor. The boiler is rated at 46 boiler hp, or 1.5 million Btu/hr, which is large enough to burn more than 1,300 tons of wood chips each year.
17Jun2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Officials Want Methane Gas Reduced
at Colorado Mines
Concerned because it has 20 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide released from burning coal and other fossil fuels, Federal and state agencies are pushing for methane-capture technology at two western Colorado mines.
25May2009 | admin | 4 comments | Continued
In Focus —
The Colorado Cleantech Industry Association
Founded only last year, the Colorado Cleantech Industry Association is nearly a 60-strong member organization already making its mark in the state’s rapidly growing clean tech sector.
28Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Breaking Policy News — U.S. Declares Warming Gases are Health Threat
The Environmental Protection Agency said today that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are a significant threat to human health and thus will be listed as pollutants under the Clean Air Act. HOW or WHAT to regulate is not spelled out. Instead, the EPA and lawmakers are expected to begin that discussion.
17Apr2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Carbon is a Four-Letter Word:
A Treatise to Fuel the Flame (and by doing so, regrettably, discharge some CO2)
Here’s where the science, in some people’s minds, falters. In the big scheme of things, can a case sans reasonable doubt be made that fossil fueled electric generating plants are causing the Wilkins ice shelf to break off and float away? After all, 40% of 3.2% is just 1.3%.
9Apr2009 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
Boulder’s ION Engineering Unveils Technology for Greenhouse Gas Capture
“Our process has the potential to change the way a $50 Billion market does business … We’re applying a radically new solution that can be incorporated into existing gas processing infrastructure.”
23Feb2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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