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Carbon Capture Is In The Air with CCS Production Taking Over

Michelle Lutz — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 14:07:20 +0000

Every day, in every corner of our globe, there are toxic greenhouse gases spewed into the air. The International Energy Agency (IEA) of France states that, the world, must capture 4 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions to keep global warming under control. The carbon dioxide emissions are the product of our production. Carbon […]

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Canadian Carbon Capture Facility to Mitigate Climate Change

Mila Luleva — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:22:29 +0000

Canadian company is developing a carbon capture technology that holds the potential to remove the amount of carbon dioxide that equals the removing of 250,000 cars from the road. We have been discussing carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies for quite some time now, and it has been especially so since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]

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Megadrought Across Southwest U.S. Inevitable, NASA Predicts

Mila Luleva — Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:01:55 +0000

NASA predicts a mega drought that is highly likely to alter the landscape of southwest America, if the world does not put an end to carbon emissions right now. Brace yourselves, you climate change deniers. It is all happening, and it actually seems to be worse than anyone have ever thought. A new study conducted […]

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Carbon Sequestration Project Uses Water to Turn CO2 into Rocks

Mila Luleva — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:06:16 +0000

CarbFix, a project conducted by US and Icelandic researchers, has developed a new approach to carbon sequestration and storage that could completely remove it from the environment. All we need is water, they say. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) techniques were identified in the latest IPCC report as the measure with most probably the highest potential to […]

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Baking Soda Capsules Can Capture Carbon Dioxide

Mila Luleva — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:09:54 +0000

Baking soda has been found by US scientists as being suitable for capturing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Alongside with its ability to clean silver, whiten teeth, sort out belly discomforts, make up delicious soda breads and take up bad smells from carpets, baking soda has been assigned another great property – to […]

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Carbon Dioxide From Emissions to Feed Norwegian Salmon

Mila Luleva — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 09:37:17 +0000

After numerous discussions, the scientific world has reached a consensus on at least one of the numerous issues related to climate change. This is the fact that carbon capture and storage facilities and techniques are the most reasonable and realistic solution to bringing down the concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Now that (almost) all […]

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The First EU Carbon Capture and Storage Facility Secures Funding

Mila Luleva — Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:48:46 +0000

The European Commission awarded 1bln Euros to nineteen private investors, who run green energy programmes. Out of the total amount, 300 mln euros were given to Drax, the operator of one of the main coal burning power plants, for their project to construct a facility with carbon capture and storage technology. Drax in collaboration with […]

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CO2 Used to Make Clean Geothermal Power

Leigh Hutchens — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 02:29:14 +0000

Can clean geothermal power be made from carbon dioxide? Many startups and researchers are betting YES. In 2014, testing will begin to determine whether it’s possible to defray the costs of carbon capture and storage by putting the stored CO2 to use in a geothermal plant. If it works, the technology, known as carbon capture […]

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Baking Soda Made From CO2 Emissions

Leigh Hutchens — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 02:27:56 +0000

Skyonic , a Texas-based company devoted to mineralizing carbon emissions, is planning to turn carbon capture into a lucrative business by putting the pollutants into a common baking ingredient. The very first Skyonic Skymine facility, in San Antonio, is currently under construction at a cement factory. The first-of-its-kind facility will capture carbon dioxide and other […]

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Most Drivers Would Pay More to Encourage Carbon-Reducing Policies, Study

Mila Luleva — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:11:26 +0000

A survey conducted by scientists at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute revealed that the majority of drivers are willing to pay a little extra or sacrifice gas mileage and fuel economy in order to cut down on their carbon emissions. It is a common belief that global warming is attributed to major greenhouse gas […]

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Adoption of Clean Energy Too Slow to Limit Global Warming

Leigh Hutchens — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:33:11 +0000

On Wednesday, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said that low-carbon energy development is progressing far too slowly to have any limiting effect on global warming. Governments are not taking quick enough action, and power generation is still dominated by the fossil fuel industry. Experts have warned that the goal of limiting the global temperature rise […]

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European Commission’s Carbon Capture and Storage Contest Declares No Winner

Leigh Hutchens — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:07:45 +0000

After no winner was declared in the first round of a contest staged by the European Commission to fund carbon capture and storage (CCS), the search for emissions cutting technology is looking bleak. At least for the time being. Skeptics say the technology may not yet exist to cut carbon emissions. However, the European Commission […]

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Underground Carbon Storage Could Cause Earthquakes, Scientists Warn

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:08:57 +0000

A part of the scientific community involved in plans for recovering the state of the climate change we’re transitioning has been relying for a while on large scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) as the most viable way to offset carbon emissions by burying carbon underground, in saline aquifers. Two Stanford researchers, Mark Zoback and […]

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