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ANALYSIS: ‘Broken Promises, Busted Budgets’ Point to the End of Energy Megaprojects
A small flurry of recent news reports, spanning the range of traditional energy technologies, is pointing to a startling and possibly transformative conclusion: the ... -
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Republican Split Over CCS Project Subsidy Could Be ‘Trump’s Keystone’
An experimental, US$3.8-billion synthetic gas project in Lake Charles, Louisiana is pitting pro-Trump businesses, congressional Republicans, and Breitbart News against the Tea Party and ... -
Leading U.S. Coal Baron Declares ‘Clean’ Coal a Myth
Murray Energy CEO and determined Donald Trump ally Bob Murray had a moment of truth late last month when he declared “clean” coal development ... -
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Governments Stand by Carbon Capture Despite Repeat Disappointment
The idea that coal can be “cleaned” of its climate-damaging carbon emissions as it is burned received yet another body blow last week when ... -
CCS Plant in Zurich Captures 900 Tonnes of CO2 Per Year
A waste recovery plant in Switzerland has become the home of the world’s first commercial-scale Direct Air Capture carbon capture and storage system. The ... -
‘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) ... -
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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 ...
