Among US states, California is leading the race to explore and implement ways to lower its greenhouse gas output. Its goal: to cut emissions to one-fifth of 1990 levels by mid century. As such, other states and nations are closely…
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Meet the Change Makers: Steering Ford Toward Sustainability | OnEarth
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A focus on efficiency helps Ford pull away from the Detroit pack. Executive Sue Cischke explains how. In the long history of U.S. automakers, green strategy and profitability have rarely gone hand in hand –until, that is, Henry Ford’s great-grandson…
Exploring alternative ways to capture carbon using enzymes | Global CCS Institute
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CO2 Solution, in Quebec City, Canada is continuing its work to develop biology-based carbon capture technologies with Codexis, based in Redwood City, Calif. The renewed partnership between CO2 Solution and Codexis, helped pave the way for the duo to establish…
Could natural gas emissions exceed coal? The case for gas with CCS | Global CCS Institute
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Though natural gas extracted from shale is the fastest growing energy source for power plants in the U.S., shale gas is now facing fresh challenges, with the release of a new study suggesting the fuel’s carbon intensity is as high…
US Senator Bingaman aims to jump-start CCS with a bill addressing liability | Global CCS Institute
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All but lost in the din in the effort to pass a federal budget, a bi-partisan senate bill has re-surfaced that breathes fresh hope for U.S. federal support for carbon capture and sequestration, or CCS. Introduced on March 31, and…
Capturing carbon with sawdust | Global CCS Institute
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Dead plants may work as well as living plants in mopping up carbon dioxide from admissions, a duo of Spanish scientists has found. Reporting for the Royal Society of Chemistry on Mar 18, Yaundi Li writes that sawdust is showing…