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EPA researchers suggest US electricity consumers should be willing to pay 2-4x for emission-free alternatives to fossil fuel electricity due to health impacts

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According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the US average retail price of electricity to the end consumer in the US in October 2012 was $0.1192/kWh, ranging from a low of $0.0835/kWh in Louisiana to a high of $0.3742/kWh in Hawaii.). Credit: Machol and Rizk. Click to enlarge. kWh in Maryland. kWh, $0.08–$0.19/kWh,

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Shell to build LNG units in Gulf Coast and Great Lakes regions; two additional LNG for transport corridors in North America

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million tons per annum) at its Shell Geismar Chemicals facility in Geismar, Louisiana, in the United States. Once operational, this unit will supply LNG along the Mississippi River, the Intra-Coastal Waterway and to the offshore Gulf of Mexico and the onshore oil and gas exploration areas of Texas and Louisiana. Great Lakes.

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Roskill: graphite prices could push higher on tightening markets for batteries & electrodes

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Synthetic graphite electrode prices rose nine-fold through the first three quarters of 2017, increasing from US$1,748/t in January 2017 to a high of US$16,309/t in September, according to Roskill Information Services. Despite some fallback during the winter months, prices remained above US$15,600/t through February and March 2018.

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Exxon Mobil Acquiring XTO Energy in $41B Deal; Enhances US Position in Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil

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Its properties are concentrated in Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Louisiana and Montana. XTO’s resource base is the equivalent of 45 trillion cubic feet of gas and includes shale gas, tight gas, coal bed methane and shale oil.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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One is to operate successfully as a market, with a steady supply of carbon offsets and varying prices to ensure that profits can be made. Field-to-Pump” disrupts the status quo by allowing advanced biofuel producers to be drivers of transportation fuel prices rather than merely price takers in the market. THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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Another concern is whether the inclusion of offsets would send the appropriate price signal to encourage the development of long-term mitigation technologies. coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from landfills, livestock operations, or coal mines (GWP = 25).

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Manitoba will phase-in coverage in manner similar to WCI. RGGI: A Case Study.

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