You can’t see it, smell it, or taste it, but there’s carbon dioxide in the air all around us. And each day, we’re producing more of it. For the past 60 years, scientists have been measuring the increased concentration of…
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants surged by 5.6% in 2010, largest-ever increase in a single year | Global CCS Institute
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Amidst increasingly acrimonious political fighting in Washington over the fate of U.S. environmental programs in general, and about climate policy in particular, carbon dioxide emissions from power plants have resumed their upward climb after a recession-related retreat. News of rising…
Charge! Electric Cars Fueled by Higher Gas Prices | The Fiscal Times
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Turmoil in the Middle East, uncertainty about oil prices, and gasoline still flirting with the nerve-rattling level of $4 per gallon in some parts of the country are making consumers nervous. Even after prices slipped in response to concerns about…
Will nuclear fears shift development to renewables and CCS? | Global CCS Institute
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A week into Japan’s triple tragedy—earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident—the implications are still unfolding. Analysts are beginning to map out how the nuclear accident could affect global energy trends for nuclear, conventional energy, and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).
With its First-Ever CSO, UPS Kicks Sustainability Up to the C-Suite | GreenBiz
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Scott Wicker started at United Parcel Service, Inc. on his first day of college in 1977. The job was part of a deal with his dad: If Wicker could help support his own expenses, his dad would cover housing costs…
US clean energy stimulus spending starts slow: CCS funding last out of the gate | Global CCS Institute
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In 2009, when newly elected President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, nearly $65 billion was allotted to fund green programs. For the U.S.’s nascent clean energy industry, the funds were like finding fresh water on a long,…