CO₂ sequestration in the news

2012 sequestration news

• Whatever happened to carbon capture? BBC 05/11/12
• Prime Candidates Ethanol Producer Magazine 05/10/12
• Growth of Carbon Capture and Storage Stalled in 2011 EnvironmentalExpert.com 05/08/12
• Norway opens major facility to test carbon capture Reuters 05/07/12
• North America Has Capacity to Store 500 Years of CO₂ Emissions Environmental Leader 05/04/12
• Carbon sequestration 'very important' IPAC CO₂ aims to move tech forward Leader-Post 04/30/12
• Climate Canard No. 2: ‘Warming Has Stopped’ — A Very Temporary Duck ABC News 04/29/12
• IEA warns of doubled CO₂ emissions UPI.com 04/27/12
• Poll: 75 Percent of Americans Support Regulating CO₂ As A Pollutant, 60 Percent Support Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax Think Progress 04/26/12
• Global warming: Colorado researchers pinpoint atmospheric greenhouse gas levels with six-year sampling project Summit County Voice 04/21/12
• 2012 U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report U.S. EPA 04/18/12
• Denbury to Invest Billions in CO₂ Oil Recovery in Montana Big Sky Business Journal 04/18/12
• Scientists meeting to set world’s first standard for carbon capture The Record 04/01/12
• New coal-fired power plants will have to capture CO₂ WOWKTV.com 03/27/12
• FutureGen plans on being ready to go by 2017 WLDS.com 03/07/12
• Carbon control takes new breed of specialists Financial Post 03/07/12
• A review of recent progress in ion liquids for CO₂ capture from flue gas Carbon Capture Journal 03/04/12
• U.S. plan to boost CO₂-EOR Carbon Capture Journal 03/03/12
• Pace of Ocean Acidification Has No Parallel in 300 Million Years, Paper Says The New York Times 03/02/12
• A CO₂ Warning Etched in Stone and Sediment The New York Times 03/01/12
• E.P.A. proposes streamlining CO₂ permitting for heavy industry Reuters 02/27/12
• Carbon capture can curtail CO₂ emissions, conference hears The Province 02/20/11
• Carbon storage project combines innovation and outreach Science Codex 02/20/12
• U.S. CO₂ emissions to stay below 2005 levels as coal use shrinks Reuters 01/24/12
• World's Carbon Concentration Highest in Last 800,000 Years JustMeans 01/21/12
• Legal ruling could force California to rethink CO₂ plan Thomson Reuters 12/19/12
• Illinois EPA Leaves CO₂ Emissions Off Air Permit Progress Illinois 01/13/12
• Investigations find no evidence of leaks at Weyburn National Resources Defense Council 01/12/12

2011 sequestration news

• Experts on CO₂ CCS Converge at NORDICCS Centre AZO Cleantech.com 12/21/11
• FutureGen 2.0 site "suitable" for carbon storage Power Engineering 12/20/11
• California to deploy CO₂ monitoring stations TG Daily 12/12/11
• Coal gasification plant approved by Senate Illinois Times 12/08/11
• A risk based approach for verification of CO₂ storage capacity estimation Carbon Capture Journal 12/04/11
• A hole in the ground: Storing carbon dioxide thousands of feet below Illinois Boing Boing 12/02/11
• FutureGen Alliance seeks option on Meredosia power plant SJ-R.com 11/29/11
• Illinois CO₂ injection test commences Carbon Capture Journal 11/20/11
• ISGS-led consortium begins injection of CO₂ for storage at the Illinois Basin – Decatur Project Aledo Times Record 11/17/11
• U.S. Starts National CO₂ Permits, Cap and Trade Works, and Other Surprises Scientific American 11/16/11
• Ameren Said to Be in Talks to Hand Over Carbon-Capture Project Bloomberg Businessweek 11/15/11
• Ameren said to reduce role in FutureGen project stltoday.com 11/12/11
• Obama proposes CO₂ regulations Los Angeles Times 11/08/11
• California Air Resources Board Adopts CO₂ Cap-and-Trade Environment News Service 11/02/11
• Enhanced oil recovery is a step toward large-scale carbon capture and sequestration -- if done right. Natural Resources Defence Council 10/28/11
• Coal Plant + New Fuel Cell System = 90% Reduction in CO₂ Emissions? CleanTechnica 10/16/11
• Landowners worried as FutureGen test drilling under way SJ-R.com 10/13/11
• Carbon sequestration policy must balance private property, public good R&D Mag 10/11/11
• IEA reports progress on CCS regulation Carbon Capture Journal 10/09/11
• Capturing CO₂ to Make Fuel: Illinois Research Team Makes Breakthrough in Artificial Photosynthesis CleanTechnica.com 10/07/11
• Drilling equipment mobilized following completion of characterization well pad FutureGen Alliance 10/03/11
• Record Project Flows Test UN CO₂ Market as Future in Doubt Bloomberg Businessweek 10/03/11
• Offshore Wind Going Big For Denmark Earth Techling 10/02/11
• Carbon capture progress has lost momentum, says energy agency The Guardian 09/22/11
• Natural Gas, CO₂ Emissions and Climate Change The Energy Collective 09/19/11
• Ethanol Carbon Sequestration Plant Holds Lessons for Coal The New York Times 09/12/11
• Arctic will transform into greenhouse gas source by 2100 AlaskaDispatch 09/02/11
• ADM CO₂ sequestration, education project moving forward Ethanol Producer Magazine 09/01/11
• Illinois CCS demonstration begins construction Carbon Capture Journal 08/26/11
• U.S.’ first large-scale geologic C.C.S. facility breaks ground EcoSeed 08/25/11
• New CO₂ Sand Bricks are 2.5 Times Stronger than Concrete Inhabitat 08/10/11
• Carbon Capture key to Coal, Climate Change energyBiz 08/04/11
• EPA Takes Action on Reducing Barriers to the Use of Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies/Action supports national framework for the safe use of clean energy technology EPA 08/04/11
• FutureGen construction starting WEAI.com 07/28/11
• Texas Clean Energy Project to sell CO₂ to Whiting mywesttexas.com 07/20/11
• Forests absorb a third of world’s CO₂ emissions CBCNews 07/14/11
• CO₂ capture will need support beyond 2020-study Reuters 07/14/11
• AEP to ditch carbon capture, clean coal plan Reuters 07/14/11
• Company touts CO₂ injection in Wyoming, Montana Billings Gazette 07/13/11
• Humans Dwarf Volcanoes for CO₂ Emissioins DiscoveryNews 06/27/11
• Canada and Its Tar Sands: What the Country Can Learn From Brazil About Protecting the Environment The New Republic 06/27/11
• Shell Agree Funding for Canadian CO₂ Storage Project OilVoice 06/26/11
• It would take less than five days for India and China to emit more CO₂ than Australia plans to save in a whole year with a price on carbon Herald Sun 06/26/11
• Local geological storage of CO₂ feasible: NSC The China Post 06/26/11
• Norway seeks offshore areas for CO₂ storage PennEnergy 06/24/11
• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a real option for Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Carbon Capture Journal 06/22/11
• DOE Scoping Meeting Turnout FutureGen Alliance 06/20/11
• Supreme Court blocks state suits over CO₂, in deference to EPA Ars Technica 06/20/11
• Study: Much more C0₂ from humans than volcanoes MSNBC.com 06/14/11
• Alstom Says Carbon Capture and Storage Cost Will Be Competitive Bloomberg 06/14/11
• Southern Co begins operations of 25MW CCS facility in US Energy Business Review 06/14/11
• UPDATE 2-U.S. EPA delays rollout of CO₂ rule on power plants Reuters 06/13/11
• Ice cores: archives of past climate The Guardian 06/10/11
• CO₂ emissions 'rise at fastest rate since 1969' Environmental Technology 06/09/11
• Morgan County residents discuss FutureGen site SJ-R.com 06/09/11
• World Bank Eyes a Network of Carbon Markets in a Make-or-Break Decade Bloomberg 06/06/11
• Speaking Out Against the Canada-U.S. Tar Sands Pipeline Huffington Post 06/05/11
• Californian CO₂ market delay seen up to 12 months Reuters 06/02/11
• FutureGen set to begin test drilling WEAI 05/28/11
• Hydrogen Energy Process Made More Efficient Earth Techling 05/23/11
• The scale of the effect we have on the planet is yet to sink in Sydney Morning Herald 05/23/11
• South Korea unveils completely eco-friendly building Reuters 05/20/11
• Mountaineer Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project Results Announced Transmission & Distribution World 05/09/11
• Vattenfall opens a new carbon dioxide capture plant Carbon Capture Journal 05/08/11
• Carbon Capture Project Approved in Saskatchewan Environmental Leader 04/27/11
• Danish green ideas could meet islands' energy needs Irishtimes.com 04/25/11
• Deep Freeze: Mars Orbiter Finds Massive Stores of Buried Dry Ice Scientific American 04/21/11
• WRI Summary of S. 699: Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2011 World Resources Institute 04/18/11
• American forests can store more carbon emissions than previously thought OregonLive.com 04/14/11
• FutureGen CEO: Group listening to public concerns FarmweekNow.com 04/11/11
• Oil refinery CO₂ capture pilot in Brazil Carbon Capture Journal 04/08/11
• Measuring carbon from space Planet Earth Online 04/07/11
• BPU Officials Look At Future Of Energy In U.S. The Post Journal 04/03/11
• FutureGen Alliance wants to engage community with new initiative JournalCourier 04/01/11
• Indiana Geological Survey is key partner in U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center Indiana University News Room 04/01/11
• South Korea's Smart Grid Will Lead the New Green Revolution Ecopreneurist 03/22/11
• How to Deal with Coal in Federal Legislation Leadenergy.org 03/09/11
• Can the U.S. build a clean, green economic machine? Scientific American 02/09/11
• House Republicans Brush Off Compromise Bids on EPA CO₂ Rules New York Times 02/09/11
• The CO₂ Tax Redux American Thinker 03/06/11
• A Home for Captured Carbon Dioxide New York Times 03/01/11
• FutureGen to store carbon dioxide in Morgan County Bloomberg Businessweek 02/28/11
• FutureGen carbon-storage announcement expected Monday SJ-R.com 02/26/11
• Open house at Richland allows experts to explain local carbon dioxide sequestration projects to public Herald-Review.com 02/17/11
• Panasonic Shows Advanced Fuel Cell For Home Use Techcrunch.com 02/101/11
• Rules for CO₂ Injection Enviro.BLR.com 02/10/11
• Morgan County still in running as FutureGen carbon storage site SJ-R.com 02/09/11
• Bush's EPA Told Him CO₂ Should be Regulated, Was Overruled by Cheney Treehugger.com 02/09/11
• The cost of climate policy uncertainty The Guardian 02/05/11
• NETL CO₂ capture process wins award Carbon Capture Journal 02/04/11
• Petrobras to begin offshore CO₂ sequestration Reuters 02/03/11
• Utilities, Obama administration urge court to nix CO₂ case Platts 02/01/11
• Volvo tries to help family reach low-CO2 "One Tonne Life" AutoBlogGreen.com 01/31/11
• CO₂ tweaks nitrogen cycle Down to Earth 01/31/11
• Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated ProPublica 01/25/11
• NYU's New $125 Million Power Plant is 90% Efficient, Cuts CO₂ Output by 23% Inhabitat 01/24/11
• FutureGen 2.0, Is It a Breakthrough Project? EnergyBiz.com 01/23/11
• "Blue carbon" initiatives emerging as promising carbon sinks Blue Carbon Blog 01/23/11
• California's Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Review Panel releases its recommendations National Resource Defence Council 01/21/11
• National Sequestration Education Center to be Richland's newest 'green' building Herald-Review.com 01/19/11
• Abu Dhabi Studying Proposal to Expand Carbon Capture and Storage ArabianBusiness.com 01/18/11
• Biolamps uses CO₂ to light up the streets Ubergizmo 01/17/11
• University of Calgary plans carbon capture research centre National Post 01/17/11
• Vandalia seeks FutureGen to give area a boost in economic development Herald-Review.com 01/15/11
• Bellona on Weyburn, Saskatchewan: Safe storage of CO₂ crucial Bellona 01/14/11
• Landowners concerns, ask questions about FutureGen Effingham Daily News 01/14/11
• World Bank hikes funding of post-2012 CO₂ credits Reuters 01/13/11
• FutureGen officials address concerns Myjournalcourier.com 01/13/11
• China regions to have binding CO₂ targets-official Reuters 01/12/11
• U.S. court denies Texas attempt to delay CO₂ rules Reuters 01/12/11
• EPA Finalizes Geologic Sequestration and Reporting Rules Mondaq 01/11/11
• Flexibility in CO₂ transportation Carbon Capture Journal 01/10/11
• Coal plant rejection shows dilemma Stltoday.com 01/09/11
• Economics and Politics of Clean Coal St. Louis Renewable Energy 01/09/11
• Carbon-efficient ways of recycling old power stations revealed Clickgreen.org 01/07/11
• DOE manual on CO₂ storage site selection Carbon Capture Jounal 01/06/11
• Landowner opposition scuttles Morgan County FutureGen site SJ-R.com 01/05/11
• Tracking the Sources of CO₂ Climate Watch 01/05/11
• EPA Regulates Big CO₂ Emitters SmartPlanet 01/03/11

 

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