Post Tagged with: "Clean Power Plan"

CPP Keep or Kill: Washington to Hear from Coal Country at EPA Clean Power Plan Meeting Tuesday

CPP Keep or Kill: Washington to Hear from Coal Country at EPA Clean Power Plan Meeting Tuesday

From the Casper Star Tribune

The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a listening session Tuesday in Gillette to discuss the Clean Power Plan.

The federal agency responsible for the emissions-cutting Clean Power Plan will hold a public meeting today in …

March 27, 2018 - 1:01 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
EPA Chief Pulls Plug on Clean Power Plan

EPA Chief Pulls Plug on Clean Power Plan

For coal the damage is already done, plants are switching to natural gas

Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to repeal the prior administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP).…

Shrinking Red Tape Moves Energy Projects Forward

Shrinking Red Tape Moves Energy Projects Forward

Mining states celebrate HJR 38, Keystone XL back on track, CPP still an unknown

Several stalled or presumed dead energy projects are back in the driver’s seat in 2017, and the new team running things in Washington, both at the …

February 20, 2017 - 2:16 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Oil and Gas 360 Articles, Regulatory
The Future of Natural Gas Growth, Renewables Growth Depends on the Clean Power Plan

The Future of Natural Gas Growth, Renewables Growth Depends on the Clean Power Plan

If the CPP passes, natural gas growth will double and renewables will show much stronger growth: EIA

The extent to which renewables and natural gas continue to grow in terms of their overall percentage in the energy generation mix in …

D.C. Court Delays Clean Power Plan Hearing by more than Three Months

D.C. Court Delays Clean Power Plan Hearing by more than Three Months

D.C. court makes rare decision to bypass three-judge panel for Clean Power Plan review

In an unusual move, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals announced that oral arguments to assess the merits of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan will now …

Clean Power Plan Lawsuit Update: U.S. Chamber, 27 States, 150 Organizations File Opening Brief Against EPA Power Plant Rule

Clean Power Plan Lawsuit Update: U.S. Chamber, 27 States, 150 Organizations File Opening Brief Against EPA Power Plant Rule

Clean Power Plan Lawsuit Begins

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today, along with a coalition including officials from 27 states and more than 150 other organizations representing a wide range of the American economy, presented opening arguments in the D.C. …

The Clean Power Plan has a New Chance at Life

The Clean Power Plan has a New Chance at Life

The death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia complicates matters around the Clean Power Plan

The passing of Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia last weekend leaves open a seat on the country’s highest court, and it leaves open the door …

Energy Producers – Don’t Ever Underestimate the Environmental Activists

Energy Producers – Don’t Ever Underestimate the Environmental Activists

The warning for energy producers in Colorado came from Christopher Guith, senior vice president for policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy.

Guith’s warning was delivered during a panel discussion with a group of …

Hatch, Barrasso and Enzi Introduce Senate Bill to Stop Frac Regulation Duplicity

CPP: Motion to Stay EPA Clean Power Plan Denied by D.C. Court

A coalition of 27 states and industry groups had hoped to stop the EPA’s Clean Power Plan from taking action by filing a motion to stay in the District of Columbia circuit court. Today, the court announced that it has

January 21, 2016 - 6:38 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Politics & Opinions, Regulatory
Coal Under Fire: Clean Power Plan Begins

Coal Under Fire: Clean Power Plan Begins

27 States are Suing to Stop the CPP, Where do Things Stand?

On August 3, 2015, President Obama and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Clean Power Plan, which is described on the EPA website as “a historic and …

API: Oil and Gas Industry’s $90 Billion Investments are a “Driving Force” in Emissions Reduction

API: Oil and Gas Industry’s $90 Billion Investments are a “Driving Force” in Emissions Reduction

Oil and gas sector leading the way emissions technology investments from 2000 to 2014

Since 2000, the oil and gas industry has invested more capital in carbon emission technologies than the automotive, electric utilities and agriculture processor sectors combined, according …

Source: Indianaaffairs.gov

Stagnant Electricity Demand, Cheap NatGas and Weak Coal Export Markets are Reducing the Need for Coal

Coal

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its data for the number of new and reactivated coal mines that began production in 2013, showing that the year had the lowest number of active coal mines since the administration began tracking numbers …

September 23, 2015 - 2:34 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Presidential Candidates on Energy:  Sanders

Presidential Candidates on Energy: Sanders

Sanders wants to kill Keystone, transform system away from fossil fuels

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, campaigning for the Democrat Party nomination for president, issued statements about his energy position after the administration’s Clean Power Plan was announced in August.

As …

September 4, 2015 - 1:01 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles, Politics & Opinions, Regulatory
Coal vs. Natural Gas: NatGas Takes the Lead

Coal vs. Natural Gas: NatGas Takes the Lead

As natural gas prices come more in-line with coal, generators make the switch

This chart, provided by EnerCom Analytics, shows the increasing use of natural gas as opposed to coal for electrical generation. April 2015, marked the first time ever

August 14, 2015 - 5:58 pm Chart of Week, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
U.S. Congressman Ken Buck

U.S. Congressman Ken Buck talks to Oil & Gas 360®

OAG360: Are there any models for tax reform that you would like to see implemented here in the United States?

Buck: Yeah. The chainsaw in my garage is what I think would work best.

U.S. Congressman Ken Buck’s congressional district …

Power Sector Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit 27-Year Low

Power Sector Carbon Dioxide Emissions Hit 27-Year Low

Carbon emissions from the power sector at lowest level since 1988

Electrical Power Sector Carbon Emissions

The electric power sector emitted 128 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MMmt CO2) in April 2015, according to information from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). This …

August 5, 2015 - 12:26 pm Chart of Week, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
EPA Raises Emissions Reduction Goal by 2% in Final Clean Power Plan

EPA Raises Emissions Reduction Goal by 2% in Final Clean Power Plan

Latest version of the bill offers greater flexibility with higher standards

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final version of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) today, with several changes made from the last version. The final version of the …

Six European Oil Majors Petition the UN to Instate a Carbon Tax

Six European Oil Majors Petition the UN to Instate a Carbon Tax

Yes, you read that correctly

A group of the world’s largest oil companies is calling for the United Nations to issue a carbon tax on hydrocarbon development.

All based in Europe, the six chief executives who were signatories to the …

June 10, 2015 - 7:03 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Coal Production Could Plummet 45% in Parts of the U.S. Due to the Clean Power Plan: EIA

Coal Production Could Plummet 45% in Parts of the U.S. Due to the Clean Power Plan: EIA

The Clean Power Plan could dramatically alter coal production, particularly in the West

The Clean Power Plan, passed on June 2, 2014, is aimed at lowering carbon emissions by 30% by 2030 from power plants, many of them coal-fired. While …

June 10, 2015 - 6:30 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles
EPA Regulations Accused of Overstepping Constitutional Bounds

EPA Regulations Accused of Overstepping Constitutional Bounds

Harvard professor: Clean Power Plan is unconstitutional

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) intent to use the Clean Power Plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions is unconstitutional, says Laurence Tribe, professor of constitutional law at Harvard University. Tribe recently filed comments

March 19, 2015 - 11:16 am Oil and Gas 360 Articles, Regulatory
EPA Accused of Overreaching its Authority with New Budget

EPA Accused of Overreaching its Authority with New Budget

The Committee on Energy and Commerce calls the EPA’s 2016 budget “more than enough”

On February 25, the Subcommittees on Energy and Power and Environment and the Economy held a hearing on President Obama’s 2016 budget request for the Environmental …

February 27, 2015 - 3:04 pm Oil and Gas 360 Articles, Regulatory