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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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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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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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Global Warming Might Be Reversed Using New Method

Leigh Hutchens — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:55:17 +0000

According to experts, a combination of tree and crop burning for energy and capturing and storing carbon dioxide underground (CCS) might just be the way to reverse global warming. In the research journal Environmental Research Letters, scientists at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden stated that a combination of bioenergy and the CCS method is […]

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Carbon Capture Storage Linked to Earthquake Risk

Leigh Hutchens — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:40:06 +0000

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), carbon capture storage (CCS) is needed in order to cut greenhouse gas emissions up to 20% by 2050 in an effort to limit global average temperature rise by no more than 2 °C. In the large-scale deployment of CCS, carbon dioxide emissions from sources like fossil-fuel power plants […]

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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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