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New Analysis Equates the Climate Benefits of Cost-Effective Oil and Gas Methane Reductions to Shuttering China’s Entire Coal-Fired Power Plant Fleet
Yesterday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a preview of the World Energy Outlook 2017, noting that harnessing cost-effective reductions of methane from the oil and gas sector would have the same climate benefit as closing down every coal-fired power plant in China.
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Comments on the Draft Notification on Air Emission Standards for Coal-Based Thermal Power Plants
The Clean Air Task Force welcomes the initiative of Prime Minister Modi’s government to release the proposed Air Emission Standards for Coal-Based Thermal Power Plants by the Government of India, Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change.
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Time to Lead: With the U.S. Taking the Helm of the Arctic Council, It’s Time to Take the Lead on Reducing Methane and Black Carbon
Last week, in Iqaluit, Canada, the Chairmanship of the Arctic Council passed from Canada to the U.S., and Secretary of State John Kerry, the new Chairman of the Council, was on hand to set the stage for the U.S.’s leadership term. At the meeting, Secretary Kerry reaffirmed the US’s recent…
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Pens Down on the Clean Power Plan – Now All Eyes Turn to EPA
On Monday at midnight, the comment period for the Administration’s Clean Power Plan closed. Over 1 million comments, including CATF’s, already have been posted on EPA’s ambitious effort to control carbon dioxide (CO2) from the nation’s largest industrial source of that pollution– the existing fossil fueled power sector. The stage…
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Upstream Implications of Coal to Gas Switch Under CATF’s 111(D) Proposal
The Clean Air Task Force and The NorthBridge Group recently analyzed two existing fossil power plant emissions scenarios for 2020, with and without a new policy under Clean Air Act Section 111(d).1 Without the proposed new policy, they predict 1,553 Tg CO2 emissions from coal EGUs, and 484 Tg CO2…
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How Much Does CCS Really Cost? An Analysis of Phased Investment in Partial CO2 Capture and Storage for New Coal Power Plants in the United States
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Barriers and Opportunities for Reducing Methane Emissions from Coal Mines
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Taming Coal: The Imperative for Rapid Demonstration and Scale-Up Of Advanced Coal Gasification and Carbon Sequestration and the Reform of Coal Mining and Waste Disposal Practices
