Laws and Regulations
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Democrats’ New Climate Plan Will Kill Endangered Species, Environmentalists Fear
Jul 1, 2020 / 0Congressional Democrats today unveil a “Climate Crisis Action Plan” similar to the Green New Deal proposed by Rep.
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IRS delay threatens carbon capture projects
Jan 13, 2020 / 0WASHINGTON - Almost two years after Congress passed a law more than doubling tax credits for power and industrial plants that build systems to prevent carbon dioxide emissions, efforts to begin con
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Occidental CEO calls for new U.S. laws to boost carbon capture
Sep 13, 2019 / 0CHICAGO — Occidental Petroleum Corp plans to shift toward a carbon-neutral production model, it chief executive said on Thursday, but new U.S.
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Bipartisan senators want 'highest possible' funding for carbon capture technology
Apr 9, 2019 / 0A bipartisan group of senators is pushing for funding at the "highest possible levels" for carbon capture technology development.
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Let’s keep the Green New Deal grounded in science
Jan 22, 2019 / 0The promise of a Green New Deal has become a galvanizing force in US politics, inspiring climate activists and building much-needed pressure behind a sweeping federal climate plan.
Energy Industry
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Pennsylvania Evaluates Carbon Capture Options With National Implications
08 Jun 2020 / 0As states grapple with the need to reduce carbon emissions, widespread retrofitting of industrial facilities and powerplants with capture and storage technology remains an elusive goal and emerging
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Energy chiefs tout CO2 capture as Thunberg slams lack of action
22 Jan 2020 / 0Capturing carbon dioxide from the fossil-fuel industry is key to slowing dangerous global warming, energy chiefs said in Davos as climate concerns dominated the annual business forum more than ever
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEFT IS SOFTENING ON CARBON-CAPTURE TECHNOLOGY. MAYBE THAT’S OK.
20 Sep 2019 / 0AT THE START of this year, more than 600 environmental groups — including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Sunrise Movement — sent a letter to Congress saying they will “vigorously oppose” fed
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Climate change: Electrical industry's 'dirty secret' boosts warming
13 Sep 2019 / 0It's the most powerful greenhouse gas known to humanity, and emissions have risen rapidly in recent years, the BBC has learned.
Viewpoints
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CCUS projects must pave way for achievable climate solutions
21 Dec 2022 / 0While climate zealots continue to promote “green” energy as the only way to deal with decarbonizing modern life, many scientists, engineers, innovators and workers are quietly building
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Opinion: Carbon capture and storage are key to a sustainable transition
01 Feb 2023 / 0Technology critical to the energy transition is not just about oil and gas
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California Power Problems Hit Texas
16 Jul 2022 / 0California transplants who moved to Texas no doubt thought they had escaped electric power outages. Think again.
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Rethinking fossil and nuclear energy
28 Apr 2022 / 0As a union with thousands of members working in the energy industry—and with thousands more whose jobs depend on reliable and affordable energy across other sectors—the Boilermakers are acutely awa
Technology
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New technique from U.S. national lab promises to strip carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and factories at record-low cost
25 Jan 2023 / 0Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Lab have developed a technique that is able to pull carbon dioxide out of the exhaust flue of a power plant or factory for $39 per metric ton, the cheapest
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Scientists Call For Massive Global Network of Carbon Capture Plants
29 Jan 2021 / 0If we want any chance of meeting the ambitious climate goals laid out by the 2015 Paris Agreement, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we’ll need to find a way to actually reverse past emissions.
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Solar Panels Are Starting to Die, Leaving Behind Toxic Trash
24 Aug 2020 / 0Solar panels are an increasingly important source of renewable power that will play an essential role in fighting climate change.
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Argonne National Lab Breakthrough Turns Carbon Dioxide Into Ethanol
10 Aug 2020 / 0According to a press release from ANL, researchers at the lab, working with partners at Northern Illinois University, have discovered a new electrocatalyst that converts carbon dioxide and water in
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Newly developed screening processes will help accelerate carbon capture research
17 Jan 2020 / 0University of Alberta researchers have developed techniques that save a significant amount of time in developing more efficient carbon capture technologies, which may help lower the costs to use th
Boilermaker Projects
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SaskPower CCS Facility Achieves Milestone with 3 Million Tonnes of CO2 Captured
15 Nov 2019 / 0As of November 4, 2019, SaskPower’s Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) facility near Estevan has captured more than three million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) - equivalent to taking 750,000 vehicle
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How Coal-Fired Steam Boilers Work
22 Apr 2015 / 0See how an industrial steam boiler works in this animated video. Produced by Wide Awake Films, Kansas City, Mo.
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Ivanpah: World’s Largest Thermal Energy Facility
22 Apr 2015 / 0Members of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, along with other union trades, build the award-winning Ivanpah thermal energy facility, located in the California Mojave Desert.
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SaskPower to capture 90% of Unit 3 CO2 at Boundary Dam plant
20 Nov 2014 / 0L-555 has key role in first-of-a-kind CCS project
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Duke completes world’s largest IGCC plant
19 Sep 2013 / 0DUKE ENERGY’s 618 MW IGCC plant, the world’s largest, began final testing and commercial operation this summer at Edwardsport, Ind.
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