Tag: Carbon Dioxide
US energy-related CO2 emissions fell in most states from 2005 to 2015
California is third-lowest emitter on a per capita basis Between 2005 and 2015, energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions decreased in 43 states (including the District of Columbia) and increased in 8 states, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. On a per capita basis, energy-related CO2 emissions decreased in 49 states (including the District of Columbia) […]
Trump, advisers meet Tuesday to discuss possible withdraw from Paris Climate Accord
Paris Climate Accord signed by nearly 200 countries in 2015 President Donald Trump will meet with his advisers on Tuesday to discuss the possibility of the United States withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, according to a White House official. The Paris agreement was signed by nearly 200 nations in 2015. It works to limit […]
Scott Pruitt says Congress should consider if carbon dioxide is a pollutant
Scott Pruitt does not agree CO2 a “primary contributor to the global warming that we see” Scott Pruitt, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, says he is not convinced that human-activity-caused carbon dioxide is the main causes of climate change and says he is looking for Congress to weigh in on whether CO2 is a […]
Crack it! Energy from a fossil fuel without carbon dioxide
Hydrogen (H2) and carbon (C), can be separated in a process called ‘methane cracking’ The production of energy from natural gas without generating carbon dioxide emissions could fast become a reality, thanks to a novel technology developed by researchers of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology […]
California’s cap-and-trade program is sick, will take high-speed rail down with it
California cap-and-trade auction revenues collapsed in the last two auctions in May and August By Chuck Devore, Texas Public Policy California concluded its most recent cap-and-trade program auction last week. Out of 44,268,323 metric tons of carbon dioxide credits offered for sale by the state Air Resources Board, only 660,560 were sold, 1.5 percent of the […]
Carbon XPrize: Oilfield-based technology could revolutionize carbon capture
CleanCarbon Energy uses bacteria to fix CO2 in depleted oil reservoirs, turns it into cheap syngas The Carbon XPrize is on! Thirty-eight teams from seven countries are vying for the $20 million prize, awarded for the most innovative breakthrough technology that converts CO2 into commercial products. Calgary’s CleanCarbon Energy thinks it has a good chance of […]
Rise in global CO2 emissions from energy use slowed in 2015 -BP
Global CO2 emissions smallest advance since 2009 By Nina Chestney LONDON, June 8 (Reuters) – CO2 emissions from energy consumption grew by 0.1 percent last year in their smallest advance since 2009 due to lower coal use and sluggish growth, BP said on Wednesday in its annual energy review. Last year’s rise, which slowed from 0.5 […]
Exxon Mobil says global economy’s carbon intensity will drop 50% by 2040
Global GHG emissions will increase 10%, but energy consumers will rise by 25% – Outlook for Energy, Exxon Mobil Can the global economy grow and use more energy, while at the same time significantly reducing the carbon intensity of human activities? Exxon Mobil thinks so. A blog post by Suzanne McCarron, the energy giant’s VP of public […]
Canadian carbon capture plant takes carbon from the atmosphere
Canadian carbon capture plant turns gas into fuel SQUAMISH, B.C. – The mountain air in Squamish, B.C., Canada could soon be even fresher with the launch of a groundbreaking carbon capture operation. The pilot project will suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, not from an industrial plant like other such operations, with the goal of turning the gas […]
Cap-and-trade in carbon dioxide stifles economy
Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore says cap-and-trade system for California, Ontario, Quebec based on “faulty assumptions” The recent announcement that the province of Ontario will join Quebec and California in a cap-and-trade scheme for “carbon emissions” is depressing in more ways than one. It will provide zero benefit for the environment and will only serve to […]
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