Tag Archives: greenhouse gas
Louisiana’s Solar Boom: Just Getting Started
Louisiana’s solar market presents a baffling study of what happens when market forces come face-to-face with ideology, geography and demographics. Like most of the country, Louisiana has benefited from the more than 40% drop in average PV panel prices last year. By most accounts, this trend will continue despite the US Commerce Department’s proposed tariffs [...]
Japan: Still Haunted by Nuclear Power
Recently we blogged about a project by the Kyoto Journal called Fresh Currents, a magazine designed to offer thinking fodder for post-nuclear disaster Japan. The idea of the magazine is to dispel myths about nuclear power and to take a fresh look at alternative energy as a possibility for Japan. The magazine is due out [...]
In Focus: Waste to Energy Projects
I am still working on the weekly news roundup but this news about waste-to-energy keep popping up on my email inbox so we might as well take a brief look and see what’s going on in this sector. I have written an article on ICIS Chemical Business about the waste plastic-to-energy market last year where [...]
The Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
The Northeast has been leading the national fight against greenhouse gas emissions while building a clean, sustainable economy that could help the rest of the nation. According to a report issued this month called “A Record of Leadership: How Northeastern States are Cutting Global Warming Pollution and Building a Clean Economy” the strategy seen in [...]
China Sets Greenhouse Gas Emission Cap
The Chinese government has ordered five cities and two provinces to set caps on greenhouse gas emissions in preparation for a series of regional carbon markets. Last week, China’s National Development and Reform Commission urged Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing and Shenzhen, as well as the provinces of Hubei and Guangdong, to set “overall emissions control [...]