Carbon Farming – CCS Geoengineering
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Carbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyCoalDemand & DistributionElectricity GridEuropeJurisdictionsNon-Renewable EnergyOil & GasRenewable EnergyWind
Italian Utility Giant Enel to Close All Gas Plants by 2050, Sees No Future in CCS
Italian utility giant Enel SpA is promising net-zero operations by 2050, setting out to eliminate natural gas from its power generation portfolio—and swearing off ... -
CanadaCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyClimate Denial & GreenwashingEnergy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFinance & InvestmentGeneral RenewablesJurisdictionsLegal & RegulatoryNon-Renewable EnergyPipelines/Rail TransportRenewable Energy
‘Net Negative’ Claims from Alberta Fossils Underscore Flaws with Carbon Capture
Two Alberta-based fossil companies are reporting that they’ve reached “net-negative” carbon emissions, thanks to carbon capture technology. But while the news sounds promising for ... -
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Offsets May Give Big Polluters a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ Card on Carbon Emissions
Some of the world’s biggest carbon polluters, including colossal fossils Royal Dutch Shell and BP, may be on the verge of receiving a “get ... -
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Be Wary of Plans for Direct CO2 Removal, Greenpeace Warns Investors
While direct carbon removal (DCR) technologies like afforestation and direct air carbon capture are showing up in climate plans across the corporate world, it ... -
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Report Declares Carbon Capture and Storage a ‘Dangerous Distraction’
Anyone banking on carbon capture and storage (CCS) as the silver bullet that will allow for undisturbed continuation of the fossil fuel business had ... -
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Climate Plan, Coalition Tensions Put Denmark’s 70% Emissions Cut at Risk
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has thrown her country’s 2030 emissions reduction target of 70% into doubt, and may have jeopardized her governing coalition, ... -
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Chinese Chemical Plants Begin Capturing Nitrous Oxide, a Super-Pollutant 300 Times More Potent than CO2
An industrial gas company in China has taken a “noteworthy step” to capture and reuse nitrous oxide, a climate pollutant that is 300 times ... -
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German Engineers Make Substitute Steel, Concrete from Carbon-Storing Algae
German engineers have developed a process that turns algae into a carbon-sequestering replacement for steel and concrete that is as climate friendly as it ... -
Batteries/StorageBiodiversity & HabitatCarbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsClimate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsDemand & EfficiencyDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsFirst PeoplesGeneral RenewablesInternational Agencies & StudiesMiddle EastOil & GasShale & FrackingSoil & Natural SequestrationUnited StatesWebinars & Podcasts
Webinar: 1.5°C Still Doable Without ‘Unproven, Dangerous’ Geoengineering
It isn’t too late to limit average global warming to 1.5°C without resorting to geoengineering, and deploying geoengineering technologies such as carbon capture storage ... -
Carbon-Free TransitionCCS & Negative EmissionsDrive to 1.5Energy/Carbon Pricing & EconomicsInternational Agencies & StudiesSolarUnited StatesWind
Solar, Wind Displace 35 Times as Much CO2 Per Year as CCS Has Ever Sequestered
Solar and wind energy displace roughly 35 times as much carbon dioxide each year as carbon capture and storage (CCS) has sequestered in its ... -
CCS & Negative EmissionsClimate & SocietyDrive to 1.5Finance & InvestmentNon-Renewable EnergyOil & Gas
Carbon Engineering Raises $68 Million for Commercial Direct Air Capture Plant
Squamish, B.C.-based Carbon Engineering has received billionaire backing from Silicon Valley investors, netting US$68 million to build its first commercial-scale Direct Air Capture (DAC) ... -
U.S., Saudi Arabia Scuttle International Bid to Regulate Geoengineering Technologies
The United States and Saudi Arabia were tagged as the biggest offenders late last week after the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), under pressure ... -
Switzerland Seeks Governance Model for Untested Geoengineering Techniques
Switzerland wants the world to talk about if and how to use untested technology that tampers with nature to slow climate change—and will ask ... -
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Exotic Carbon Capture Techniques Prop Up Fossil Interests, Aren’t Needed to Hit 1.5°C, New Study Asserts
The urgency and scope of the climate crisis are being needlessly exploited to drive fringe ideas like carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and solar radiation ... -
Public More Concerned About CO2 Removal Techniques that Tamper with Nature
Public support for different methods of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere depends in part on the extent to which they’re seen to tamper ...
