FINDING LEGAL PATHWAYS TO DEEP DECARBONIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES
On December 12, 2015, in Paris, France, the parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change—a total of 196 countries—unanimously agreed to a goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the...
View ArticleHOW ACOEL AND THE WHITE HOUSE MAKE (SOME) HISTORY
Back in the early days of the College, then-incoming President Brad Martin had asked interested Members to work with Lexis Nexis in developing some treatises on a range of topics. Indeed, years later...
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A Lumber Mill Biomass CoGen Need Not Consider Other Fuels In Its BACT...
Ever since EPA began considering how BACT analysis would be applied to greenhouse gas emissions, there has been concern that EPA would use its BACT authority to “redefine the source” – with the...
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RGGI Is a Success Story. When Will It Be Obsolete?
When RGGI was first implemented, I heard Ian Bowles, then Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs in Massachusetts, say more than once that the purpose of RGGI wasn’t really to reduce greenhouse...
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Stop the Presses: Nuclear Power Still Does Not Emit Greenhouse Gases
On Monday, the TVA announced that Watts Bar Unit 2 had successfully completed what is known as its final power ascension test. It is now producing 1,150 MW of power in pre-commercial operation....
View ArticleDoes Trump Election Boost Children’s Climate Crusade?
As reported here, Oregon is among a group of states in which groups of school age plaintiffs are suing to force the government to do more about climate change. On November 10, U. S. District Judge Ann...
View ArticleFor PEAT’s Sake! Another Pathway Averting Climate Change
After the smoke clears, damage still emerges from last spring’s wild and vast fires around Fort McMurray in Alberta. The NYT Science Times (August 9, 2016) reported how fires like these are destroying...
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EPA Must Produce Any Agency Records Supporting Administrator Pruitt’s...
Last Friday, EPA was ordered to produce documents, in response to a FOIA request, on which Administrator Pruitt relied in stating on CNBC that: “I would not agree that [carbon dioxide] is a primary...
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Whatever Happened to the Conservative Belief in Markets?
After receiving an analysis showing that shutting the Jim Bridger and Naughton coal-fired electric generating plants in Wyoming would save ratepayers money, PacificCorp, the owner of the plants,...
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IMO 2020 – A Strikeout for Sulfur, but Black Carbon Is Still on Base
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from international shipping supposedly represent 2% to 3% of the world total, about on par with those emitted by Germany. However, there are no GHG emission...
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