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In a Reversal, EPA Maintains Standard for Coal-Fired Power Plants Based on CCS
Yet, in a last-minute attempt to protect industry, says power plants are the only sources whose climate emissions can be regulated. After proposing to repeal the first ever U.S. greenhouse gas standards issued in 2015 for coal-fired power plants – which are based on partial carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) – EPA decided…
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CATF Statement on final 45Q Tax Credit Guidance
CATF welcomes that after almost three years, IRS has issued final guidance on how to claim the 45Q tax credit. “The clock is ticking to reduce emissions as soon as possible to fend off the worst effects of climate change,” said Lee Beck, CCUS Policy Innovation Director, and added “carbon…
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Netherlands’ SDE++ to accelerate industrial decarbonization as it closes final round of applications
The EU has strengthened its position as a global leader on climate action by announcing targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 per cent by 2030, relative to 1990 levels, and to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050. To deliver on these targets, it will be crucial for ambitious…
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CATF Statement On Landmark CO2 Infrastructure Bill Introduced In Us House Of Representatives
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2020 – Today in the US House of Representatives, four Members of Congress introduced a landmark bill to advance essential infrastructure to enable carbon capture, utilization, removal, and storage as a critical means of reducing CO2 from hard-to-decarbonize sectors on the road to net- zero emissions by…
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CATF Statement on the European Commission’s TEN-E Revision
Today, the European Commission released its revision of the Trans-European energy infrastructure regulation, otherwise known as the TEN-E regulation. The Clean Air Task Force (CATF), a climate and energy research and advocacy organization with offices in the US and Europe, applauds the Commission’s progress on this regulation. CATF supports the…
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What Climate Science Really Says About Carbon Capture
Watch Lee Beck, CCUS Policy Innovation Director, taking part of a panel discussion on the science behind carbon capture and utilization strategies. She summed up the findings afterwards, “The question is no longer if we need carbon capture, but how much we need to achieve net-zero emissions. We need to…
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Senate, House Introduce Crucial Legislation to Optimize 45Q Tax Credit for Carbon Capture Projects
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2020 – Yesterday, seven US senators introduced the 45Q Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Tax Credit Amendments Act of 2020 to optimize the 45Q tax credit that supports carbon capture and storage deployment as a critical means for achieving a net-zero emissions US economy by mid-century. The Senate introduction comes on the heels of the Accelerating Carbon Capture and…
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Seven Carbon Capture Policy Priorities for the Biden-Harris Administration
“We should be moving toward finding the new technologies that are going to be able to deal with carbon capture”, said President-elect Joe Biden in his town hall conversation, identifying carbon capture technologies as crucial to a pathway to deliver regional economic opportunities, create jobs, and achieve net-zero emissions by…
