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).

EL Pro Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Smog Rule Delay, BPA Testing, Calif. Renewables

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Smog Rule Delay, BPA Testing, Calif. RenewablesEPA spokesman Brendan Gilfillan said Tuesday that the agency will not finalize the Clean Air Act health standard for ground level ozone, or ...

July 27, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Regulatory Briefing: EPA and Interior Budgets, Capture Incentives, RGGI

Policy & Regulatory Briefing: EPA and Interior Budgets, Capture Incentives, RGGIThe 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 ...

July 25, 2011

AEP Shelves Major Carbon Capture Project

AEP Shelves Major Carbon Capture ProjectAmerican Electric Power has shelved plans to build one of the nation’s first carbon capture and storage facilities, terminating a cooperative agreement with the ...

July 14, 2011

Synthetic Trees Remove CO2 from Atmosphere

Synthetic Trees Remove CO2 from Atmosphere Scientists at New York's Columbia University are developing a ...

May 6, 2011

Carbon Capture Project Approved in Saskatchewan

Carbon Capture Project Approved in SaskatchewanSaskatchewan 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 ...

April 27, 2011

12 Countries Agree to Carbon Capture Actions; IEA Urges Aggressive Policies

12 Countries Agree to Carbon Capture Actions; IEA Urges Aggressive PoliciesEnergy secretaries from the U.S., U.K. and ten other countries have agreed to accelerate the development of carbon capture projects, at the ...

April 8, 2011

Google Trials Plug-Free Electric Vehicle Charging; Invests in “Carbon Negative” Biofuels

Google Trials Plug-Free Electric Vehicle Charging; Invests in “Carbon Negative” BiofuelsGoogle is trialing the Plugless Power electric vehicle charging station at its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. The search company will host the first public ...

March 22, 2011

Obama Calls for ‘Clean’ Energy Mandate, End to Oil Tax Breaks

Obama Calls for ‘Clean’ Energy Mandate, End to Oil Tax BreaksPresident Obama has confounded many pundits by making energy policy a significant part of his State of the Union address. In the speech ...

January 26, 2011

Leveraging Resources, or Future Planning for Future Rewards

Leveraging Resources, or Future Planning for Future RewardsA number of items passing across my computer screen (or my ears from the radio) have prompted an additional ...

January 10, 2011

EPA Finalizes Two Carbon Rules to Protect Drinking Water

EPA Finalizes Two Carbon Rules to Protect Drinking WaterThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized two rules -- related to the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide -- to protect drinking-water ...

November 23, 2010

Energy Tax Incentive Legislation Targets Building, Industrial Energy Efficiency

Energy Tax Incentive Legislation Targets Building, Industrial Energy EfficiencySenate 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 ...

October 1, 2010

Employee Engagement and Climate Change

Employee Engagement and Climate ChangeWhen organizations think about designing a suitable sustainability or carbon management strategy, more often than not the primary emphasis is placed on ...

September 21, 2010

The State of Maine: Efforts to Sell Carbon Credits Obtained from Weatherization

The State of Maine: Efforts to Sell Carbon Credits Obtained from WeatherizationLike many corporate entities and governmental bodies, Maine has enthusiastically embraced the movement to limit, reduce, or remove greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions ...

August 25, 2010

CCS Technologies to Capture 65% and 90% of CO2 Emissions at Coal Power Plants

CCS Technologies to Capture 65% and 90% of CO2 Emissions at Coal Power PlantsA 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 ...

July 28, 2010

Roundup – NYC, Siemens, DHL, Artesian

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...

July 22, 2010

EL Pro Repsol Sustainability Report: Missed CO2 Reduction Target by 13%

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....

June 28, 2010

LanzaTech to Produce Fuel from Baosteel CO

LanzaTech to Produce Fuel from Baosteel COLanzaTech announced that it will partner with Chinese steel manufacturer Baosteel on a project to convert its carbon monoxide (CO) emissions into ethanol, according to ...

June 22, 2010

Roundup – Sysco, Energy Star, Danfoss

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 ...

June 14, 2010

Roundup – ADM, Hitachi, LA Fitness, M Real

Roundup – ADM, Hitachi, LA Fitness, M RealM Real Conducts Sustainable Packaging Research Pulpaper News New Map App Lets You Chart Oil Spill ESRI ADM Receives $99 million for Carbon Capture ...

June 11, 2010

Roundup – Starwood, BPA, FSC, Sky Vegetables

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 ...

June 8, 2010