According to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest Annual Energy Review, emissions of CO2 from energy consumption in the U.S. increased by 3.7 percent in 2010 over 2009, reversing a downward trend in the last […]
The EPA plans to issue the final Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) for power plants by December 16, 2011. The EPA has opposed a motion from the Utility Air Regulatory Group seeking a one-year […]
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has finalized the rules for the state’s cap-and-trade program, which is a key part of California’s climate change law (AB 32) which mandates greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) be reduced […]
I’ve blogged previously about the incredible impact that hydraulic fracturing technology and the nearly half a million natural gas wells that have been drilled in the US have had on the US energy industry, the potential in […]
I blogged recently about some of the issues around shale gas extraction using hydraulic fracturing (fracking). In the last year the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has undertaken to study the impact of shale gas […]
Several indicators have been used as evidence of global warming including atmospheric CO2 concentration, surface temperature, sea level rise, arctic ice extent, land ice, antarctic ice volume, and others. According to the Berkeley Earth Surface […]
In 2008 the British Columbia Legislature passed the first carbon tax bill in North America. BC’s carbon tax assesses different taxes depending on fuel type. Yesterday Australia’s Parliament passed a carbon tax bill called the […]
According to the Solar Energy Industries Association, the solar photovoltaic market in the US continues to expand. In 2010, 887 MW of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) capacity were installed, doubling the capacity installed in 2009. In […]