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Canadian company captures CO2 from air, turns into storable pellets

Canadian company captures CO2 from air, turns into storable pellets A Canadian company has big plans for the future of fuel, and it involves capturing carbon dioxide from the air. The start-up, backed by Bill Gates, has opened a pilot plant to test its ambitious plans, which it believes will help conquer climate change. Carbon … Continue reading Canadian company captures CO2 from air, turns into storable pellets

Clean Energy? Coal Burned with Oat Hulls Reduces CO2 Emissions

Clean Energy? Coal Burned with Oat Hulls Reduces CO2 Emissions In the work to find cleaner energy, scientists recently determined that burning oat hulls with coal in a coal-burning power plant significantly reduces emissions of carbon dioxide and particulate material, according to a release. For this, researchers from the University of Iowa looked at the … Continue reading Clean Energy? Coal Burned with Oat Hulls Reduces CO2 Emissions

#Cap_And_Trade, #Green_Climate_Fund Are Fraught With Fraud

Cap-And-Trade, Green Climate Fund Are Fraught With Fraud “The cap-and-trade system of emissions trading is very difficult to control and its effects are diluted…It is precisely because I am a market practitioner that I know the flaws in the system,” George Soros “We are a green energy company, but the green stands for money,” Jeffrey … Continue reading #Cap_And_Trade, #Green_Climate_Fund Are Fraught With Fraud

Cryogenic system freezes up to 99% of CO2 emissions from coal power plants so carbon can be stored, potentially repurposed

Cryogenic system freezes up to 99% of CO2 emissions from coal power plants so carbon can be stored, potentially repurposed This August, President Obama announced an ambitious plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent by 2030. BYU professor Larry Baxter is developing a technology that can actually do it. Baxter, a chemical engineering … Continue reading Cryogenic system freezes up to 99% of CO2 emissions from coal power plants so carbon can be stored, potentially repurposed

California’s Renewables Progress Commendable But Emission Of Global CO2 Still Exponential

California’s Renewables Progress Commendable But Emission Of Global CO2 Still Exponential California continues its remarkable legislative breakthroughs in going green under the SB 350 Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015. Legislation just passed sets two goals for 2030: 50% of state utility power from renewables and a 50% increase in energy efficiency of … Continue reading California’s Renewables Progress Commendable But Emission Of Global CO2 Still Exponential

The big loophole in global emissions trading

The big loophole in global emissions trading The world needs to understand that the Volkswagen high-technology emissions fraud is not going to be an isolated incident. While this particular incident involved noxious emissions, not carbon, as my colleague Tristan Edis has highlighted, the organisation that exposed Volkswagen’s fraud has also found disturbing and systemic discrepancies … Continue reading The big loophole in global emissions trading

#Musk says diesel-cheating is bad, but CO2 emissions are worse

Musk says diesel-cheating is bad, but CO2 emissions are worse BERLIN (Bloomberg) — Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk said revelations that Volkswagen AG cheated on diesel emission tests is “obviously bad,” but that the issue the world should really be concerned about is carbon dioxide emissions. “It’s very important that we take action today … Continue reading #Musk says diesel-cheating is bad, but CO2 emissions are worse