Sens. Coons, Cramer unveil bill to lay the groundwork for a carbon border tax In a rare example of a bipartisan climate policy, momentum is growing on Capitol Hill for a plan to tax imports…
Carbon dioxide levels rose this year at the fourth-highest rate since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began keeping records 65 years ago, reaching a record high of 424 PPM in May, according to a…
from CCL Weekly Briefing Lawmakers have reached a deal to raise the debt limit, and it includes some reforms to America’s energy permitting processes. That deal is now working its way through Congress in an…
from NY Times President Biden and Congress have wrangled a big political deal to raise the country’s debt ceiling. Tucked into that deal are some changes to how the government approves new projects that bear…
Those living on the edge of the ocean or fire-prone forests are facing a brutal reality: The cost of property insurance is skyrocketing and soon may not be available at all. As that happens, the fair market value of their property will plummet and eventually reach zero.
Editor’s Note:In supporting “all of the above” clean energy sources, nuclear has a place. The Nuclear Action Team at CCL has some very impressive voices, and nuclear generation costs (including the costs of safety and…
“The bottom line is, we have to go and speed up the building process because in america, we have 2,000 gigawatts clean energy waiting to be built, except it needs the permits. The new environmentalism should be about “let’s build” and be about moving forward so we can replace fossil fuels.”
(from NYTimes) Festival organizers are trying to block plans to build a clean energy plant in the Nevada desert, highlighting the struggle to combat climate change and the cost of clean power. One of…
(from The Guardian.) UN agency says El Niño and human-induced climate breakdown could combine to push temperatures into ‘uncharted territory’ The world is almost certain to experience new record temperatures in the next five years,…
As Washington wages parallel battles on permitting and new environmental regulations, one conundrum crisscrosses both: A pileup of permit applications to store carbon dioxide underground. Storing carbon will likely be increasingly important to power plants…
Normally, I’m very skeptical of geoengineering proposals. They can incent people to think they can keep emitting GHGs, and the “unintended consequence” risk are huge. But here’s one worth considering further. Did you know that…
There’s enough uranium dissolved in the oceans to power the world for 100,000 years and more. The good news is that there’s a known chemical reaction and method for capturing it, albeit at a cost ($200/kg) about twice that of getting U-238 from mining uranium ore on land. This post summarizes four recent announcements.
