Each week, I review the papers, studies, reports, and briefings posted over at the RFF Library Blog.
Carbon Pricing Revenues
[Yahoo! News] Governments around the world will this year raise around $22 billion from schemes putting a price on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions such as taxes or emissions trading systems, a report on Wednesday showed… - via Climate Markets and Investment Association (CMIA)
Reactivated Faulting near Cushing, Oklahoma: Increased Potential for a Triggered Earthquake in an Area of United States Strategic Infrastructure
[Bloomberg Business] Even though it is home to fewer than 10,000 people, Cushing is the largest commercial oil storage hub in North America, second only in size to the U.S. government’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The small town’s giant tanks, some big enough to fit a Boeing 747 jet inside, were filled with around 10 million barrels of crude at the time, an obvious target for someone looking to disrupt America’s economy and energy supply… - via National Earthquake Information Center
The Curious Case of the Shrinking Utica Shale Play
[Midwest Energy News] A recent analysis of oil and gas production data for Ohio’s Utica shale play casts doubt on earlier optimistic projections from both industry and stategovernments ources. - via FrackTracker Alliance
Dangerous and Close: Fracking Near Pennsylvania’s Most Vulnerable Residents
[Pittsburgh City Paper] A new report released this week warns that fracking is creeping closer to “vulnerable populations,” including school-aged children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. - via Penn Environment
TVA: Distributed Generation-Integrated Value Report [Assessing the Value of Solar]
[From an Energy Wire article by Kristi E. Schwartz, sub. req’d] The Tennessee Valley Authority’s initial cost-benefit analysis on solar gives the renewable fuel a lower value than what environmental advocates argue it deserves… - via Tennessee Valley Authority
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