Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The legislation also proposes numerous actions against financing and support for fossil fuel industries. Among the financing provisions of the legislation are: Price on carbon. The legislation would enact a fee of $20 per ton or carbon or methane equivalent, rising at 5.6% per year over a 10-year period. Rebate program. Debt reduction.

Industrial 259

Industrial Industry Price Fuel 259

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Second, the US Department of Agriculture proposed a rule on the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) that would provide financing to increase the conversion of biomass to bioenergy. It’s been said that the United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal—and that’s because, as I said, it’s one of our most abundant energy resources.

Obama 218

Obama Coal Clean Cleaning 218

Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

And the reactors themselves are getting better, too: Fourth-generation small modular reactors (SMRs) being developed by companies including U.S.-based In South Korea, nine organizations, including shipping companies and the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute , plan to develop and demonstrate large ships powered by SMRs.

Molten Salt 145

Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 145

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

At the recent Siemens Energiewende-Dialog (Energy Transition Dialogue) in Berlin, the company presented a three-point plan with specific proposals for the cost-efficient implementation of the Energiewende in Germany. The country should give greater priority to high-efficiency combined cycle power plants and wind power, the company suggests.

Germany 239

Germany Energy Renewable Grid 239

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Under the cap-and-trade system, industries regulated by it—the largest being power generation, chemicals, steel, and cement—are given limits on their total emissions, and companies can purchase emission reductions from others in lieu of reducing emissions themselves. SGS is one of two companies that dominate the carbon-validation business.

Carbon 255

Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions 255

Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance. Well you look at Germany and four companies vie for each roof space. He wasn’t a finance guy, thinking “I’m going to make money.” I’ve been amazed that most companies seem to front the cost, even start ups.

Solar 210

Solar Installation California Building 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244