Posted by George Peridas in Greening China , Solving Global Warming
It's the Year of the Ox. And the Ox likes low-hanging fruit. On Friday last week NRDC released the Executive Summary of a report that examines the potential for near-term Carbon Capture & Sequestration opportunities in China. The full report...continued→
Posted by George Peridas in Solving Global Warming
FutureGen is alive. DOE Secretary Chu today announced an agreement with the FutureGen Alliance, the industrial consortium involved in the project, that moves the ball forward on its construction. This comes after several months of limbo, after the previous administration had decided...continued→
Posted by George Peridas in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
"No es fácil ser verde". La rana René ("It's not easy being green". Kermit the frog) Seemingly, it is also hard for Foxes to be green. Shannon Bream at least seems to be having a tough time of it right...continued→
Posted by George Peridas in Solving Global Warming
The press seems to cover Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) as a matter of routine these days - local, national and international. For someone who hasn't looked at the technology in detail, it can be hard to decipher its potential...continued→
Posted by George Peridas in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
As is customary, President Obama will make his first state visit to Canada this week. Prime Minister Harper will no doubt be waiting eagerly. There is a lot to talk about. Energy security will be high on both leaders' list. To quote...continued→
Posted by George Peridas in Solving Global Warming
Has a sunny morning in the middle of winter ever fooled you into thinking that spring has arrived? Or a brief let-up in traffic made you think that the jam was over? Do you remember back to your high school days...continued→
Posted by George Peridas in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Today the EPA published a proposed rule on the Geological Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide. The decision to proceed with the rulemaking was made late last year, in answer to repeated calls by NRDC and other stakeholders to define appropriate regulatory...continued→
Posted by George Peridas
Yesterday the Bush administration put an end to the long drawn FutureGen saga. Five years ago in February 2003, the President proudly announced a "10-year demonstration project to create the world's first coal-based, zero-emissions electricity and hydrogen power plant" in...continued→
Posted by George Peridas in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
No, not one of Vincent van Gogh's or Don McLean's version – there's a certain "s"omething missing here – the palette is black. Alberta’s Premier, Ed Stelmach, arrives in Washington this week to "enhance already strong economic ties between Alberta...continued→
Posted by George Peridas in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
A few days ago I had the mixed fortune of visiting Canada's Fort McMurray, a small but rapidly expanding boom town at the frontier of the tar sands frenzy. I had been following the tar sands issue for a while...continued→
