A carbon tax or cap-and-trade system in the U.S. — and globally — would serve the energy industry better than the current slate of piecemeal state and federal regulations, Shell Oil Co. President Marvin Odum said Tuesday.
Shell launches carbon capture project
Shell Canada started its carbon capture project in Alberta. As Tom Vernon explains, the company feels this is a big environmental step forward.
The Philippines to expand coal consumption by two thirds
Annual coal consumption in the Philippines, one of the world's fastest growing economies, could rise by more than two-thirds to as much as 35 million tonnes over the next two decades, the head of a local industry group said on Tuesday.
DOE-Funded Research Yields U.S. Patent for Use of CO2 in Concrete Curing
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to Solidia Technologies Inc. (Piscataway, NJ) for a process that uses carbon dioxide (CO2) rather than water to cure pre-cast concrete. Development of the process was funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).
Deep-sea bacteria could neutralise greenhouse gas, researchers reveal
A type of bacteria found at the bottom of the ocean could neutralise large amounts of industrial carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, a U.S. study has found.
Why Carbon Capture and Storage Technology is Essential for Our Future
It’s been roughly one year since Saskatchewan’s government-owned utility started up the carbon capture and storage facility at its Boundary Dam coal-fired power plant.
Can you put a price on pollution?
In May this year, six of Europe’s leading energy firms, BP and Royal Dutch Shell among them, joined in a bid to bring the UN on board and devise an agreed-upon carbon pricing system.
