Demo aid: Call for proposals issued
21 May 2009
Info page and document links. Press release. OJ Notice.
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votewatch.eu launched today
11 May 2009
A new web-site was launch today contain the results of more than 6000 plenary roll-call votes by the European Parliament over the last five years. Votewatch.eu is based publicly-available but previously difficult-to-access data. This page, for example, shows the results of the final legislative resolution on the proposed C02 Geological Storage directive last December.
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Parliament re-casts re-cast rule
8 May 2009
Parliament has changed its internal rules to give itself greater procedural flexibility when introducing legislative amendments to certain “re-cast” proposals that do not already have Commission support. In a change to Rule 80a via the Corbett Report this week (Wed 6 May), which helps to apply the so-called re-cast technique to new or amended legislation,… » read more
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(Boring?) Bergen Conference, 27-28 May
5 May 2009
While I post the link to this conference site ‘for the record’, I do not see what the point of yet another blah-blah-blah CCS conference is. Perhaps some reader might explain – using the comment section below – what is unique about this event that would justify the CO2 hit of upto “200 people” flying… » read more
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Ottawa takes aim at coal power
1 May 2009
The Canadian federal government is also reviewing its coal and power policies, according to this Globe and Mail report.
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Some of you reading here may not yet know about the excellent on-line resources developed in the Centre for Law and the Environment at University College London (UCL). Recently the site has added a searchable database making it even easier to find key texts that relate to the legal frameworks in which CCS is operating,… » read more
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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/4ql38W-vduM” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] PS – Not all oil companies act like ExxonMobil.
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“No new coal without CCS” – UK
23 April 2009
Today, the UK has launched a consultation on mandating CCS on new coal plants and the potential of implementing such a policy through binding emissions performance standards. Press release. (I’m in a meeting now but I will likely post other links here later today.)
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Implementation workshop, 29 Apr
20 April 2009
Updated. The slides and remarks that were presented at this event have been posted on-line here.
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NYT: U.S. joins the fight
18 April 2009
Good news out of Washington overnight as the US EPA formally declares that GHG endanger public health and so too launching the rule-making process. Here’s the Report and Leader from the New York Times, including the line: The E.P.A. said the science supporting the proposed endangerment finding was “compelling and overwhelming.” After all the exasperation… » read more
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