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Cleveland's chamber of commerce is ready to launch an unusual program to help businesses get loans for energy efficiency retrofits. In Salt Lake City, the local chamber is promoting "clean air" to reduce gasoline use. These out-of-the-ordinary pursuits by local business associations are increasingly being used in regions where the politics of climate change might not fly, but profits from clean energy do.
California Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday proposed borrowing $500 million in revenues from the state's landmark carbon cap-and-trade auctions and using those to help balance the general fund budget.
Democratic Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Brian Schatz of Hawaii have introduced legislation to instate a carbon tax to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (E&E News PM, )
David Schnare, who resigned from U.S. EPA earlier this year under a cloud of controversy, is faulting Administrator Scott Pruitt over his leadership of the agency. (Greenwire, )
The federal government and International Energy Agency are planning a push this fall to create "momentum" on carbon capture technology, according to an IEA official. (E&E Daily, )
Exporting carbon? (Climatewire, )
Florida freshman Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist calls climate change "the most important issue facing our country." (Greenwire, )
Crude oil production in the United States will hit a record high in 2018, government energy analysts project. (Energywire, )
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