Round 1 in the US budgeting process has begun, with key green priorities such as carbon capture surviving with barely a scratch.
In the face of relentless pressure to cut public spending, President Obama proposed a U.S. federal budget for fiscal year 2012 that “essentially treads water on energy and the environment” as The New York Times’ John M. Broder put it. Continue reading Carbon capture fares well in Obama’s 2012 federal budget proposal | Global CCS Institute
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‘Carbon Trees’ Would Suck CO2 Out of Air | OnEarth
Carbon dioxide is one of the most plentiful gases in the atmosphere, but when soda makers want to inject the fizz into their sweet-tasting drinks, they often have to pay through the nose for it. Many bottlers buy CO2 that was created as a byproduct of industrial processes, paying up to $300 per ton for the gas.
So what if instead of relying on CO2 shipped via tanker trucks, soda makers could snare the gas right out of the air with a forest of roof-mounted synthetic “trees” — cutting their costs and helping reduce greenhouse gas pollution at the same time? Continue reading ‘Carbon Trees’ Would Suck CO2 Out of Air | OnEarth
Lord Stern Says More Effort Needed to Accelerate Progress in Carbon Capture & Storage | OnEarth
Given the state of climate policy in Washington, one could be forgiven for thinking that carbon capture and storage, or CCS, had pretty much fallen off the global to-do list. CCS is shorthand for a host of technologies that promise to let us continue imbibing fossil fuels without the greenhouse gas hangover. Put simply, CCS works by nabbing CO2 from coal, gas, or oil — either before, during, or after the fuels are combusted — and diverting the greenhouse gases back into some sort of permanent storage, usually deep within the earth. Continue reading Lord Stern Says More Effort Needed to Accelerate Progress in Carbon Capture & Storage | OnEarth