CCS & Geoengineering
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‘CLEAN’ COAL FAIL: Regulator Pulls Plug on Kemper CCS, Tells Operator to Switch to Gas
In a unanimous vote Wednesday morning, the three members of the Mississippi Public Service Commission pulled the plug on the Kemper “clean” coal facility ... -
Jacobson Pushes Back in Fierce Fight with Modelling Critics
A battle in the pages of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences is pitting Stanford University’s Mark Z. Jacobson, proponent of a ... -
Trump Proposes 85% Cut to DOE’s ‘Clean’ Coal Funding
In spite of the months Donald Trump spent touting the supposed supremacy of “clean coal” on the campaign trail, the White House budget released ... -
Saskatchewan Admits to $60/Tonne ‘Implicit’ Carbon Tax for Boundary Dam CCS
Saskatchewan ratepayers are paying an “implicit” carbon tax of nearly C$60 per tonne to support the pricey Boundary Dam carbon capture and storage (CCS) ... -
CCS & GeoengineeringCitiesCoalElectricity GridJobsLow-Carbon TransitionSolarSub-National GovernmentsUnited States
New Mexico Utility Dumps Coal While Albuquerque Embraces Solar
New Mexico’s power utility has unveiled plans to phase out its coal-fired generation over the next 14 years, at almost precisely the moment that ... -
BioenergyCanadaCCS & GeoengineeringEnergy SubsidiesSub-National GovernmentsSupply ChainsUnited States
New U.S. Plant Captures Carbon from Corn Ethanol Production
An Archer Daniels Midland corn ethanol plant in Decatur, Illinois is being celebrated as the latest in a series of carbon capture and storage ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & GeoengineeringEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentHuman Rights & EquityInternational Agencies & StudiesLow-Carbon TransitionSolarWind
‘Carbon Law’ Plan Misses the Mark on Climate Equity, Technology Pathway
A recent proposal for a new “carbon law” to halve greenhouse gas emissions every decade and deliver 75% odds of climate stabilization is taking ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & GeoengineeringCOP 21/COP 22Demand & EfficiencyGeneral RenewablesInternational Agencies & StudiesLow-Carbon Transition
1.5°C Goal Will Require ‘Aggressive’ Growth in Renewables, Carbon Capture
Even aggressive renewable energy adoption and a rapid peak in fossil fuel production will produce unacceptably high levels of global warming by 2100 unless ... -
Coal Giants Seek CCS Subsidies by Keeping U.S. in Paris Agreement
Cracks are showing up in the U.S. coal industry’s opposition to the Paris agreement, with industry giants like Peabody Energy, Arch Coal, and Cloud ... -
Carbon Levels & MeasurementCCS & GeoengineeringCoalCOP 21/COP 22Finance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & StudiesOil & Gas
IEA Long-Term Plan Allows an Extra 180 Gt of Fossil Emissions: Oil Change Analyst
The International Energy Agency’s first attempt at a long-term scenario to keep average global warming “well below” 2°C allows an extra 180 gigatonnes of ... -
CCS & GeoengineeringClimate & SocietyDrought, Famine & WildfiresFirst PeoplesForests & DeforestationInternational Agencies & StudiesLow-Carbon TransitionNon-Renewable EnergySoil & Natural Sequestration
Forests Are Key to Climate Mitigation, But Face Risky Future
Forests are a cornerstone of the global effort to get climate change under control, but drought and a variety of unsustainable practices are putting ...
