Sanders wants to kill Keystone, transform system away from fossil fuels Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, campaigning for the Democrat Party nomination for president, issued statements about his energy position after the administration’s Clean Power Plan was announced in August. As quoted by the Des Moines Register, Sanders said: “President Obama understands that climate change is the great planetary crisis facing
As natural gas prices come more in-line with coal, generators make the switch This chart, provided by EnerCom Analytics, shows the increasing use of natural gas as opposed to coal for electrical generation. April 2015, marked the first time ever that natural gas was responsible for more electrical power generation than coal. The grey and red bars show the percentage
OAG360: Are there any models for tax reform that you would like to see implemented here in the United States? Buck: Yeah. The chainsaw in my garage is what I think would work best. U.S. Congressman Ken Buck’s congressional district sits on top of 85% of Colorado’s oil production—70.1 million barrels in 2014. He is a federal lawmaker with a
Carbon emissions from the power sector at lowest level since 1988 The electric power sector emitted 128 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MMmt CO2) in April 2015, according to information from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). This level of emissions is the lowest for any month since April 1988. In any year, April is typically the month with the
Latest version of the bill offers greater flexibility with higher standards The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final version of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) today, with several changes made from the last version. The final version of the CPP targets carbon emission levels 32% below those in 2005, 2% lower than the last version of the bill, according
The Clean Power Plan could dramatically alter coal production, particularly in the West The Clean Power Plan, passed on June 2, 2014, is aimed at lowering carbon emissions by 30% by 2030 from power plants, many of them coal-fired. While it only accounts for 37% of all energy in the U.S., coal is responsible for 75% of carbon emissions, making
Harvard professor: Clean Power Plan is unconstitutional The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) intent to use the Clean Power Plan to regulate carbon dioxide emissions is unconstitutional, says Laurence Tribe, professor of constitutional law at Harvard University. Tribe recently filed comments with the EPA saying that the Clean Power Plan is “a remarkable example of executive overreach and an administrative agency’s
The Committee on Energy and Commerce calls the EPA’s 2016 budget “more than enough” On February 25, the Subcommittees on Energy and Power and Environment and the Economy held a hearing on President Obama’s 2016 budget request for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA requested a total budget of $8.6 billion for fiscal year 2016, $452 million more than
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