The US Treasury Department and the IRS provided practical administrative rules for the carbon capture and sequestration tax credit.
Key Points:
..The IRS finalized the third set of rules in a series of regulatory guidance...more
1/22/2021
/ Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Final Rules ,
IRS ,
Popular ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
U.S. Treasury
At the China-US Climate-Smart / Low Carbon Cities Summit held in Beijing on June 7 and 8, 2016 the world’s two largest carbon dioxide emitters announced expanded co-operation in their efforts to counter climate...more
In advance of the first ever G20 summit to be hosted in China this year, the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau issued a revised, short-term air quality plan to improve local air conditions ahead of the summit. China...more
Green bonds, which tie the proceeds of the issuance to investments that have positive environmental and/or climate benefits, are a rapidly growing asset class. Recent figures have corroborated the narrative of growth...more
China has made notable strides to transition towards a lower-carbon economy. Most recently, local authorities were ordered to halt construction of coal-fired power plants in 13 provinces where capacity already outstrips...more
China, along with leaders from more than 150 countries, signed the Paris Climate Change Agreement in New York on April 22, 2016.
New York Signing Update -
Following final negotiation on December 12, 2015, April 22,...more
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s central economic planning agency, issued several guidance documents relating to the upcoming national Emissions Trading System (ETS) in January this year. The...more
Existing and new power plants face increasing complexity as EPA’s historic final rule regulating greenhouse gas emissions represents a major expansion of EPA’s regulatory authority.
In a rare presidential announcement of...more
8/19/2015
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Air Act ,
Clean Power Plan ,
Coal-Fired Generation ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Tax Incentives ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Final Rules ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Natural Gas ,
Nuclear Power ,
Oil & Gas ,
Power Plants
We analyze EPA’s novel proposal to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants as it will shape its regulation of other industry sectors.
On June 2, 2014, EPA released its long-anticipated proposal to...more