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- Climate-Bill Stimulus: EPA Sends Greenhouse Gas Finding to White House
- While climate-change legislation continues its political roller coaster ride through Congress, another effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions is underfoot. The Environmental Protection Agency has sent its final finding on whether carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to human health and welfare, Reuters reported....
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Cow Burps OK: House, Senate Block EPA From Regulating Livestock Emissions
- Farmers can breath a little easier now -- cows can burp and fart without fear of the Environmental Protection Agency regulating their methane emissions. You may remember the "cow tax" rumors that floated around late last year and caused an uproar among farmers and ranchers worried the...
- Blog posts 2009-10-28
- Five and Counting: Apple Quits Chamber of Commerce
- Apple has turned in its membership card to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- effective immediately -- over the business lobbying group's opposition to the Environmental Protection's Agency effort to limit greenhouse gases. Apple's departure from the Chamber may not be as surprising as say, three utilities quitting the...
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Week in Oil & Gas: Boxer-Kerry Bill, EPA Emissions Rules, and China's Oil Grab Efforts
- Greenhouse gas emissions dominated headlines throughout the week with the introduction of legislation that seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and another government agency jumping into propose its own rules for industrial facilities. The Senate -- via co-sponsors Barbara Boxer, D- Calif., and John Kerry, D-Mass. -- introduced its...
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- It's Official: EPA Says Greenhouse Gases a Threat, Regulation Closer Than Ever
- As expected, the Environmental Protection Agency declared Monday that greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are a threat to public health and welfare. The EPA didn't stop there. It also found that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat, a ruling that opens the door to direct regulation...
- Blog posts 2009-12-07
- EPA To Formally Declare CO2 Emissions a Danger
- The Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled a press conference that is starting any minute and is expected to layout its plan to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. I'll be tuning into the press conference via conference call and will provide an update later. ...
- Blog posts 2009-12-07
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- Exelon Ditches U.S. Chamber Over Climate Policy, Who Will Leave the "Voice of Business" Next?
- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce's stance on climate-change legislation continues to alienate its member base. This time it's Exelon, the third utility to desert the U.S. Chamber in a week. It's not quite a exodus. But momentum is building against the powerful lobbying group -- described as...
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Recession Takes a Bite Out of U.S. GHG Emissions
- The 2008 greenhouse gas emissions report from the Energy Department provides further fodder to the power of a recession. Total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2008 fell by 2.2 percent from 2007 to 7.053 billion metric tons, according to a U.S. Energy Information Administration report released Thursday afternoon. That's a remarkable change from...
- Blog posts 2009-12-03
- Copenhagen Countdown: Obama Heading to Climate Talks Armed with U.S. Emissions Target
- The hand-wringing and speculation over whether President Obama will attend international climate talks next month can finally be laid to rest. The White House made it official this morning and announced Obama would in fact be heading to Copenhagen to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference. ...
- Blog posts 2009-11-25
- Energy Roundup: Hydrogen-Powered Tractors, EPA's Big Plans, and More
- New Holland puts hydrogen fuel cells to work in new tractors -- New Holland is developing a tractor that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell instead of gasoline and hopes to have a production model ready by 2013. The NH2, which has no gears and would...
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- Energy Roundup: EPA Deems CO2 Hazardous, Pope Pursues Solar, and More
- EPA proposal on greenhouse gases could trigger regulation -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued its proposal on greenhouse gases today, and as expected the agency has determined that CO2 -- and five other gases including methane and hydrofluorocarbons -- is bad for humans and contributes to global warming. The proposal may push...
- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- Week in Oil & Gas: Climate Bill's Small GOP Blessing and the Race For Energy Assets
- Earnings season is ramping up again with companies like Halliburton and General Electric already pulling back the curtain on their third quarter results. But before we dive into the numbers over here at BNET Energy -- a word or two about some developments last week shaping the fundamentals of the energy...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Energy Roundup: Clunkers Says Adieu, Cleaner Oil Sands, Chevron Revs Up Lobby Engine, and More
- Cash for clunkers says ba-bye -- The cash for clunkers program, which was revived by a $2 billion lifeline earlier this month, will end Monday. The Car Allowance Rebate System or CARS program, as its officially known, has recorded more than 457,000 dealer transactions worth $1.9 billion in rebates, according to...
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- Abandoning Ship: Nike Quits Chamber Board Over Climate Change Stance
- Nike -- a longtime proponent of reducing greenhouse gas emissions -- has resigned from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce board to protest the business group's opposition of climate-change legislation. Nike fundamentally disagrees with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the issue of climate change and their recent...
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- EIA: Energy Prices Inch Up in Early Years of Cap-and-Trade
- The Energy Information Administration threw its hat into the climate bill analysis ring this week -- adding to the list of studies that have tried to determine what cap-and-trade legislation will cost for the average U.S. household. What they found was similar to other recent reports: price increases will inch up modestly...
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- The Kidney Stone-Climate Bill Connection
- Advocates of a bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States have touted its benefits like job creation and energy independence. They've made their let's save-the-environment plea. What about the kidney stones argument?  Is there anything quite as powerful as the threat of an uncomfortable medical condition to...
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Green Plains Ethanol Biz Rallies, Algae Project Close At Hand
- Green Plains Renewable Energy provided some green shoots fodder for the ethanol industry to nibble on this week. The No. 4 ethanol producer in the U.S. posted a profitable second quarter, two plants purchased last spring are now on line and execs with the company noted slightly improving margins in the third quarter. Green Plains also...
- Blog posts 2009-08-13
- Does EPA Biofuels Proposal Really Threaten Corn-based Ethanol?
- Politicians, ethanol producers and environmentalists have worked themselves into a frenzy since the Environmental Protection Agency, acting under 2007 legislation, proposed new standards for the biofuels industry aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Much of the verbal sparring centers on how emissions of biofuels will be measured and whether the proposed rule unfairly...
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Climate Change Bill Passes on Razor-Thin Margin, Tougher Battle Lies Ahead
- Maybe it was Al Gore's effort via telephone or Nancy Pelosi's chocolate-covered Dove bars. Heck, maybe it was all of those last minute concessions to please lawmakers in farm states. After weeks of negotiations and compromises and nearly seven hours of debate on the House floor, the American Clean Energy Act,...
- Blog posts 2009-06-27
- CIA Climate Change Center Survives Funding Opposition
- The Central Intelligence Agency's plan to open the Center on Climate Change and National Security faced a setback -- aka Sen. John Barrasso --earlier this week, over opposition to what the Republican Wyoming senator called "misguided defense funding priorities." BNET Energy wrote about the CIA's new center on climate change...
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
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