Each week, I review the papers, studies, reports, and briefings posted over at the RFF Library Blog.
CDC Groundwater Assessment Contradicts EPA on Dimock, PA
[State Impact Pennsylvania] A federal public health report on Dimock’s much-publicized water woes found threatening levels of chemicals in 27 private water wells, and explosive levels of methane in 17 private water wells during a six-month period in 2012. The results were based on samples taken four years ago, while a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the area was in place. The chemicals include cancer-causing levels of arsenic in 13 wells. Other substances include potentially toxic levels of cadmium, copper, iron, lead, lithium, manganese, potassium, sodium and 4-chlorophenyl phenyl ether. - via Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Commercial Aircraft Propulsion and Energy Systems Research: Reducing Global Carbon Emissions
The primary human activities that release carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere are the combustion of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil) to generate electricity, the provision of energy for transportation, and as a consequence of some industrial processes. Although aviation CO2 emissions only make up approximately 2.0 to 2.5 percent of total global annual CO2 emissions, research to reduce CO2 emissions is urgent because (1) such reductions may be legislated even as commercial air travel grows, (2) because it takes new technology a long time to propagate into and through the aviation fleet, and (3) because of the ongoing impact of global CO2 emissions. - via National Academy Press
- Revenues from emissions trading schemes and carbon taxes rose by 60 percent in 2015
- 13 percent of greenhouse gas emissions now covered by carbon pricing initiatives
- Charging for emissions seen as important way for countries to deliver on the promises they made last December at the COP21 in Paris [From Press Release] - via World Bank
Can Technology Unblock Unburnable Coal?
[Oil and Gas Journal] Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology offers more hope than generally is believed as a way to allow use of fossil energy while meeting aggressive targets for mitigation of climate change, says a new report. - via Imperial College London
The Potential of Proxy Carbon Pricing in International Development Finance
[Press Release] With world leaders meeting in Germany for the international climate negotiations, and G-7 countries meeting in Japan for their annual summit, the Center for American Progress has released an issue brief that looks at the ways multilateral development banks, or MDBs, can use proxy carbon pricing in evaluating the financial viability of potential long-term projects or investments. - via Center for American Progress
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