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Oil and Gas Methane Pollution Offers Biden-Harris Early Climate Win
Methane has become a hot topic, as levels of this potent, harmful greenhouse gas in the atmosphere soar. Fortunately, President-elect Biden has oil and gas methane at the top of his list of climate challenges to address. The oil and gas industry is the largest industrial emitter of methane in…
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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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Clean Air Task Force Statement on EPA Particulate Matter NAAQS Rule
By rushing to finalize this review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for particulate matter in its waning days, the Trump Administration continues its assault on public health, science, and the work of its own scientists. It is frustrating and disappointing to see this administration prioritize political objectives over…
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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…
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Clean Air Task Force statement on EPW Passage of the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020
Clean Air Task Force supports today’s passage of the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act of 2020 by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Introduced in November by Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) and Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Cory Booker (D-NJ), this bipartisan legislation will revitalize the…
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Reducing Methane from Oil and Gas: A Path to a 65% Reduction in Sector Emissions
UPDATED DEC. 2020 Given the urgency of the climate crisis, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should very rapidly put in place methane emissions standards at new and existing oil and natural gas sites, nationwide. In this memo, we describe how ambitious regulations can readily reduce methane emissions in 2025 from…
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Clean Air Task Force – Our Federal Policy Platform
Since 1996, Clean Air Task Force has worked to design and implement international, federal, and local policy solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants to protect human health and avert the worst effects of climate change while protecting vulnerable communities. Our climate goal now is net-zero greenhouse…
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A New Study on Electric Reliability under Deep Decarbonization in New England
A new study, carried out by the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) and Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), is a thoughtful and rigorous analysis of what could be required to achieve net-zero economy-wide GHG emissions in New England, emphasizing the need to substantially expand the region’s electric sector, the importance of…
