Carbon Capture
Carbon capture describes efforts to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to prevent them from entering the atmosphere and contributing to global warming. Find articles here on carbon mitigation, carbon containment, and carbon capture and storage (CSS).
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Smog Rule Delay, BPA Testing, Calif. Renewables
EPA spokesman Brendan Gilfillan said Tuesday that the agency will not finalize the Clean Air Act health standard for ground level ozone, or ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: EPA and Interior Budgets, Capture Incentives, RGGI
The House will debate this week the EPA and Department of Interior fiscal 2012 spending bill, the Hill said. The proposal would give the EPA $7.1 billion and the Interior $9.86 billion. Among its ...
AEP Shelves Major Carbon Capture Project
American Electric Power has shelved plans to build one of the nation’s first carbon capture and storage facilities, terminating a cooperative agreement with the ...
Synthetic Trees Remove CO2 from Atmosphere
Scientists at New York's Columbia University are developing a ...
Carbon Capture Project Approved in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan has approved plans for one of the world’s first commercial-scale carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects, according to newspaper reports.
The province approved the plans ...
12 Countries Agree to Carbon Capture Actions; IEA Urges Aggressive Policies
Energy secretaries from the U.S., U.K. and ten other countries have agreed to accelerate the development of carbon capture projects, at the ...
Google Trials Plug-Free Electric Vehicle Charging; Invests in “Carbon Negative” Biofuels
Google is trialing the Plugless Power electric vehicle charging station at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters.
The search company will host the first public ...
Obama Calls for ‘Clean’ Energy Mandate, End to Oil Tax Breaks
President Obama has confounded many pundits by making energy policy a significant part of his State of the Union address.
In the speech ...
Leveraging Resources, or Future Planning for Future Rewards
A number of items passing across my computer screen (or my ears from the radio) have prompted an additional ...
EPA Finalizes Two Carbon Rules to Protect Drinking Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized two rules -- related to the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide -- to protect drinking-water ...
Energy Tax Incentive Legislation Targets Building, Industrial Energy Efficiency
Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) teamed up on Wednesday to introduce legislation providing tax incentives to the ...
Employee Engagement and Climate Change
When organizations think about designing a suitable sustainability or carbon management strategy, more often than not the primary emphasis is placed on ...
The State of Maine: Efforts to Sell Carbon Credits Obtained from Weatherization
Like many corporate entities and governmental bodies, Maine has enthusiastically embraced the movement to limit, reduce, or remove greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions ...
CCS Technologies to Capture 65% and 90% of CO2 Emissions at Coal Power Plants
A proposed clean coal power plant in Illinois is expected to capture at least 65 percent of its carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions with carbon capture and ...
Roundup – NYC, Siemens, DHL, Artesian
Cork, Plastic, or Screwtop? The Cork Industry Tightens the Screws on the Wine Industry
Triple Pundit
New York Mandates Cleaner Heating Oil
NY Time...
Repsol Sustainability Report: Missed CO2 Reduction Target by 13%
Repsol reduced CO2 equivalent emissions by 204,334 metric tons in 2009, missing its target of 235,000 metric tons by 13 percent, according to the company’s annual sustainability report....
LanzaTech to Produce Fuel from Baosteel CO
LanzaTech announced that it will partner with Chinese steel manufacturer Baosteel on a project to convert its carbon monoxide (CO) emissions into ethanol, according to ...
Roundup – Sysco, Energy Star, Danfoss
Delaware Raises $2.1 Million From Auction of CO2
Delaware Online
Grants Available for Phila. Business Energy Savings
Philadelphia Business Journal
Sysco Helps Fund ...
Roundup – ADM, Hitachi, LA Fitness, M Real
M Real Conducts Sustainable Packaging Research
Pulpaper News
New Map App Lets You Chart Oil Spill
ESRI
ADM Receives $99 million for Carbon Capture ...
Roundup – Starwood, BPA, FSC, Sky Vegetables
How Compostable Disposables Reduce Waste
Water As Alternative Energy
Is it Easy Being Green in a Recession?
Sudesca
Before BPA: Sustainable Food and ...
