For years, scientists and others concerned about climate change have been talking about the need for carbon capture and sequestration.
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This Texas fight shows just how conflicted we still are about ‘clean coal’
On the path to a low-carbon economy, most experts agree that a variety of strategies will be needed, from the dramatic expansion of wind and solar power to electrification or better biofuels for cars and planes.
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Energy Department Suspends Funding for Texas Carbon Capture Project, Igniting Debate
The Obama administration has suspended funding for a large, troubled carbon capture and storage project, a decision being challenged by politicians from both parties and environmental advocates alike.
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Wyo. carbon-conversion lab hailed for innovation
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — Gov. Matt Mead and others are hailing the possibilities of an industrial-scale laboratory
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Rise in CO2 has 'greened Planet Earth'
Carbon dioxide emissions from industrial society have driven a huge growth in trees and other plants.
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Thriving B.C. forests outpace pine-beetle CO2 losses by 2020
In a rare bit of good climate change news, scientists have found that trees are growing faster in British Columbia due to global warming, and this is starting to counter the carbon-loss impacts of the province's devastating mountain pine beetle (MPB) outbreak.
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FuelCell Energy and Cenovus Energy partner on carbon capture study in Calgary
FuelCell Energy, Inc. has announced a contract with Cenovus Energy Inc. to complete the preliminary front-end design and engineering (pre-FEED) for siting a fuel cell system to capture CO2 from flue gas.