Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) has produced draft legislation that would prevent the president, federal agencies, and state and local governments from taking any action to control GHG emissions that is independent of the actions mandated in federal climate legislation. The proposal goes farther than previous initiatives to preempt GHG regulation in that it would preclude federal action not only under the Clean Air Act,...
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In 1953, the Netherlands was swamped. The North Sea washed over half a million acres of land and killed over 1,800 people on the south-western coast. The disaster prodded the Dutch government into embarking on one of the greatest engineering projects in history. Over the following decades, engineers constructed a vast network of dams, sluices, locks, dykes and storm-surge barriers collectively known as the Delta Works. The Works shortened the Dutch...
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Combined heat-and-power (CHP) facilities using renewable fuels to produce heat — and electric power – for industrial processes in large factories have become a central component of the UK’s low-carbon strategy.
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Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) market is poised for continued growth in the coming years. REC sales in the compliance market alone will increase more than 50 percent by 2015, reaching 179 million megawatt hour (MWh), according to a new report from Pike Research. In a forecast scenario that includes passage of a federal Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), the report predicts that the REC market could nearly triple in size to...
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The 2010 Climate Competitiveness Index, which tracks national progress to create green jobs and economic growth through low-carbon economic growth, shows that in spite of uncertainty surrounding international climate negotiations, countries have pushed ahead with low-carbon growth strategies during the first quarter of 2010. The annual Climate Competitiveness Index (CCI), produced by the independent non-profit institute AccountAbility in partnership with the United Nations Environment...
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