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Over 100 years of CCS held under the North Sea

October 7, 2009 by Climatico Analysis
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According to UK’s  Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) the North Sea has potential to store over 100 years worth of UK power station CO2 emissions. In the build up to the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) in London on 13th October, DECC has launched a UK wide consultation to explore the idea to develop and... [read more]

What Role for U.S. Carbon Sequestration?

July 21, 2009 by Robert Stavins
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With the development of climate legislation proceeding in the U.S. Senate, a key question is whether the United States can cost-effectively reduce a significant share of its contributions to increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations through forest-based carbon sequestration.  Should biological carbon sequestration be part of the... [read more]

Collaboration On A Grand Scale: Japan and Carbon Capture

July 2, 2008 by James Governor
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photo credit: Asar_mz Greenbang points out that “24 Japanese power and energy-related companies have jointly launched a research company to develop carbon capture and storage technologies.” The companies, each investing 3 million yen, include 10 power utilities, and seven oil-related companies, as well as civil engineering firms,... [read more]

BP, Rio Tinto cancel $2 billion Australian clean coal power plant

May 20, 2008 by Ee Mien Low
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peakoil.com -> bloomberg.com : Rio Tinto and BP canceled a plan to build a coal-fired power plant in Australia that would capture and store carbon to cut emissions. The plant at Kwinana, which was being studied by the Hydrogen Energy joint venture between Rio and BP, won't be built after it was found that rock formations wouldn't... [read more]

Zombies at Princeton use Accounting Gimmicks

March 25, 2008 by Jonathan Smith
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When I relayed David Roberts’ observation that “coal is the enemy of the human race“, I provided the following caution “Make no mistake, the intensive lobbying for CTL (Coal To Liquids) in the Senate was just the first salvo. (Cue the “Syllogism of Doom” theme.) Remember, only you can prevent zombies. Meanwhile, as the Washington... [read more]

Wyoming Creates Legal Framework for Carbon Capture & Sequestration

March 24, 2008 by Tim Hurst
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[Originally reported in my post at Red, Green, and Blue on 3/18/08]Last week, Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal signed a bill that recognizes that surface owners control the underground pore spaces where carbon dioxide (presumably from coal-fired power plants) could be stored or sequestered. A companion bill, gives the Wyoming Department of... [read more]

The liquid-coal military industrial complex

January 23, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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A friend just sent me this remarkable story, “Former Air Force official joins leading coal-liquids developer,” which appears in the little-known Aim Points, “A daily summary of news, messages and communication tactics to help AF people tell the AF story.” It looks like the “tactic” AF people are being told about is the good-ol’... [read more]

Hansen’s op-ed advice to Massachusetts

January 2, 2008 by Joseph Romm
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An opinion piece by our top climate scientist is always worth reading: THE EARTH is close to passing climate change “tipping points.” Greenhouse gases released in burning fossil fuels are nearing a level that will set in motion dangerous effects, many irreversible, including extermination of countless species, ice sheet disintegration... [read more]

Fighting climate change with a pen stroke

December 16, 2007 by Tyler Hamilton
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It's frustrating sometimes. There's so much talk about what we can do down the road to mitigate climate change that there's less talk -- and certainly little action -- when it comes to taking meaningful action today. Earlier this month a bunch of Canadian oil companies put out an elaborate report talking about plans to build an... [read more]

What Wrong with the Same Old Song and Dance?

November 29, 2007 by Jonathan Smith
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The plan initially filed by the developers essentially amounted to “well, we can’t sequester emissions now but we’ll figure out a plan to do it later.” That doesn’t cut it, the state Siting Council (reasonably) said. Erik Robinson1, writing for The Columbian - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX (Nov 28, 2007) reports... [read more]