CAPTURING AND USING carbon dioxide as a way to mitigate climate change has for decades been broadly dismissed by many climate activists, environmental groups, scientists and government officials as expensive, impractical and unnecessary.
That mindset is finally beginning to change markedly, thanks to advances in technology and the growing realization that renewables alone cannot solve the climate problem.
One of the country’s most coal-dependent utilities wants to offer electric vehicle charging station incentives.
Building electric vehicle infrastructure has emerged as a rare consensus topic for many utilities and environmentalists — a way to boost utility sales and simultaneously get oil-burning, smog-spewing cars and trucks off the road.
When the Waxman-Markey bill — the most notable congressional attempt to establish a national cap-and-trade program to limit carbon emissions — was introduced in 2009, it received opposition from both sides of the aisle.
On the left, there was surprising pushback from some environmental groups who argued the bill didn’t go far enough to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
While avoiding the worst dangers of climate change will likely require sucking carbon dioxide out of the sky, prominent scientists have long dismissed such technologies as far too expensive.
But a detailed new analysis published today in the journal Joule finds that direct air capture may be practical after all.
Net Power announced today that it successfully fired up a pilot plant near Houston that takes an entirely new approach to capturing carbon dioxide. The news marks a critical first test for a system that promises an economical path to cutting greenhouse-gas emissions.
A House panel considered draft legislation on Wednesday that would reform the National Source Review (NSR) permitting program to clarify the types of facility upgrades at power plants, refineries, and industrial facilities require a permit.
The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday issued a request for information (RFI) on the development of small-scale modular coal-fired power plants, continuing the administration's search for ways to support the struggling fuel.
