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Can carbon capture and storage save the climate from the consequences of fossil fuel burning?
April 13, 2009 |
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From the North Sea to Texas, this slide show looks at existing technology to take the carbon dioxide out of coal burning and other fossil fuel use
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The U.S. oil business has been using carbon dioxide to pump extra oil out of reservoirs for 36 years--and permanently storing some CO2 in the process
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Burying greenhouse gas may be the only way to avoid a climate change catastrophe
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Carbon capture and storage is not being widely built today; the primary problem--it is expensive
A new report confirms that coal has a large role to play in meeting the world's energy demands, but to avoid runaway climate change, technologies to sequester its carbon need to advance quickly
If controlling global warming is a priority, then industries—from banking to cement manufacturing—will have to become efficient energy users, which will require a transformation of their basic operations
What about pulling CO2 directly from the atmosphere?
The best place to store all that carbon dioxide from power plants might turn out to be volcanic formations off the U.S. west coast
The furious growth of China fueled by burning coal takes a toll on health and the environment
The FutureGen coal-fired power plant would not only have captured greenhouse gas emissions, it also would have produced hydrogen
A "clean coal" power plant is set to be built in Illinois in 2009; if it works, it could help avoid catastrophic global warming
Could it be true that staving off the severe effects posed by climate change won't impose ruinous costs? The IPCC thinks so
Is there any such thing as "clean coal"?
The U.S.--and the world--has an abundant supply of coal. So does it make sense to turn it into a replacement for oil? David Biello reports
Cheap, plentiful coal is expected to fuel power plants for the foreseeable future, but can we keep it from devastating the environment?
Capturing carbon dioxide may be the only hope to avoid a climate change catastrophe from burning fossil fuels
Is carbon capture and storage the only hope to halt climate change or a reckless boondoggle?
Cheap, plentiful coal is expected to fuel power plants for the foreseeable future, but can we keep it from devastating the environment?
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