The Inflation Reduction Act boosts global efforts to address climate change while highlighting the power of pragmatic, solutions-focused advocacy
Today, U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, securing an historic $369 billion investment in clean energy and climate action. CATF issued the following statement from its President, Armond Cohen: “Today marks a critical victory in U.S. climate policy. Managing climate change is first and foremost about the supply […]
CATF joins cross-sector collaborative to decarbonize Pennsylvania, advance carbon capture and hydrogen – Clean Air Task Force
HARRISBURG – Clean Air Task Force (CATF) joined Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and more than 50 elected officials, labor unions, companies, environmental organizations, and academic institutions this week to launch the Pennsylvania Energy Horizons Cross-Sector Collaborative, collectively committing to decarbonize the Keystone State by advancing critical climate solutions like carbon capture and hydrogen. “Pennsylvania has […]
In display of North American progress on methane, Mexico and U.S. announce joint effort to tackle methane emissions from oil and gas
WASHINGTON — President Biden and President Lopez Obrador met at the White House yesterday to discuss the urgent need to tackle methane emissions from oil and gas in both countries, issuing a joint statement (Spanish version) that they will work together to develop an implementation plan to eliminate all routine flaring and venting from their respective […]
Four lessons from effective altruism that we can apply to climate change – Clean Air Task Force
Armond Cohen Last month, effective altruist and climate philanthropy expert Johannes Ackva of Founders Pledge sat down with climate and energy journalist David Roberts to discuss the principles of effective altruism and the way they can be applied to climate action on the podcast Volts. Ackva and Roberts had an enlightening discussion that we highly […]
EU clean tech ambition spreads beyond Western Europe in latest Innovation Fund announcement – Clean Air Task Force
BRUSSELS – Yesterday, the EU Innovation Fund announced its second round of large scale projects, with an additional four carbon capture and storage and three hydrogen projects getting funding. “This kind of funding helps to unlock the kind of economy-wide decarbonisation that is needed to achieve higher climate ambition,” said Lee Beck, Global Director, Carbon […]
superhot rock energy – Clean Air Task Force
Bruce Hill While the decarbonization debate rages on, the seeds of a quiet geothermal energy revolution are being sown. As described in our October 2021 report, superhot rock energy holds the potential to tap into earth’s inexhaustible heat resources to generate widely available, affordable, energy dense, zero-carbon, firm power and hydrogen at scale — energy […]
Supreme Court takes key tool out of EPA’s toolbox, but multiple options remain for agency to regulate climate pollution – Clean Air Task Force
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court issued its opinion today in West Virginia v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ruling that the pollution control system EPA employed as the basis for the 2015 Clean Power Plan was outside its authority to regulate emissions from power plants. While the opinion “takes a key tool out of EPA’s […]
CATF to provide testimony before U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis – Clean Air Task Force
WASHINGTON — Sarah Smith, Chief of Programs at Clean Air Task Force, will testify this week at a Congressional hearing on the importance of cutting methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, highlighting the urgent need to rapidly reduce methane emissions to immediately slow the rate of global warming while limiting harmful air pollution […]
President Biden announces new global efforts to reduce methane emissions, advance clean energy, and decarbonize transportation to address climate change and improve energy security at Major Economies Forum
WASHINGTON — President Biden announced a series of global initiatives to increase energy security and address climate change at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) today, including efforts to capture fugitive methane emissions and dramatically cut natural gas flaring under the Global Methane Pledge, advance critical clean energy technologies like carbon capture, […]
Governments across the Americas showcase methane leadership at Summit of the Americas – Clean Air Task Force
LOS ANGELES — Governments across the Americas showcased their leadership on methane today at a convening at the Summit of the Americas, “sending an important signal that the Americas are committed to tackling climate change and ready to pull one of the best levers we have to reduce global warming now,” according to Jonathan Banks, […]