As the Biden administration ramps up efforts to include consideration of project greenhouse gas emissions impacts in policymaking, court developments and a March 24 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission action show a fluctuating path toward final carbon effect rules.
But it's unclear if ruling that allows use of the administration's greenhouse gas emission metric in cost-benefit analyses will cause delayed oil and gas site drill leases.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission would seek standardized disclosures of climate-related business risks and greenhouse gas emissions for the first time. A 60-day comment period still is ahead, as supporters and opponents line up.
In appeals court filing, Justice Dept. says Louisiana judge's Feb. 14 injunction of metric is "illogical, unreasonable, and unlawful," and has halted work on oil and gas permits, NEPA reviews and rulemaking.
Energy-efficiency advocates are hopeful that a new Biden administration coalition to promote and strengthen building performance standards (BPS) could accelerate federal, state and local efforts to reduce carbon emissions from buildings.
New Georgetown University research analyzed how surface transportation projects chosen for $599 billion of the total $1-trillion bill could cut greenhouse gas emissions, or boost them significantly.
With big rise set in Canada’s carbon tax, oil and gas firms are responding to government request for proposals to build larger CCS and green energy projects.
The California Air Resource Board will have 18 months to develop a strategy for the state's cement sector to reach net-zero greenhouse emissions by 2045.