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• Coal-burning China invests in methane capture

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 561
  Yahoo News 23 Nov 09;BEIJING (AFP) – China, a massive consumer of fossil fuels and coal in particular, is trying to modernise its mines by containing emissions of methane and turning the toxic gas into a source of much-needed energy.Authorities in Beijing have made methane capture a government priority both in the ...
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• Shell: market alone cannot deliver green energy

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • Chief executive says falling carbon price stifling investment • Call for government action to support new technology Shells new chief executive has called on governments to intervene in carbon markets, the first time the Anglo-Dutch oil company has acknowledged that markets cannot be left to set the price of ...
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• The facts: India plans “ultra-mega” plants but needs help on CCS

  
  Behind the Plug — Authority: 127
  According to the Energy Information Administration’s 2009 International Energy Outlook, India’s use of coal for electricity is projected to grow by 1.9 percent per year to 9.3 quadrillion Btu in 2030, as an additional 65 gigawatts of coal-generated capacity is...
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• Carbon Capture and Storage

  
  The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future — Authority: 646
  The Press and Journal (regional newspaper covering north Scotland and Aberdeen) had a headline story on carbon capture and storage (CCS) last week that inspired me to send a letter to the editor that was published today. Striving to enhance oil recovery factors and prolong the life of the North Sea has significant ...
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• CCS partnerships: Notes from day three of Regional Carbon Sequestration Conference

  
  Behind the Plug — Authority: 124
  This is the fourth in a series of posts from ACCCE’s National Communications Director, Steve Gates, who attended the Regional Carbon Sequestration Conference in Pittsburgh, Penn., from November 16-19, 2009. Last summer, the International Energy Agency (IEA) laid out in...
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• Canadian autoparts makers becoming green machiners

  
  Clean Break — Authority: 485
  While travelling in New Mexico earlier this month I got a chance to spend the day at Sandia National Laboratories, which kindly made several of its scientists available to talk about the latest developments around solar, wind, battery, water, and fossil fuel technologies. During a walk of the lab’s solar test ...
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• The facts: Europe outspends the U.S. on carbon capture

  
  Behind the Plug — Authority: 127
  Some of the most advanced clean tech developments are happening in Europe, where the likelihood of impeding carbon regulation is playing a role in the European Union’s (EU) future power generation strategy. Moreover, increased energy demand and a historical aversion...
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• Ads Continued: Shell Oil

  
  GreenEnergyForEarth.com - Solar & Wind Power Products — Authority: 127
  Nov 22, 3009 – Shell Oil also has a 2-page ad featuring all the good things they are doing with green energy for the blue planet, earth.  “FOR THE NEW ENERGY FUTURE, WE NEED TO MAKE IT ALL ADD UP.”  Then ther is a picture of a pseudocalculator with one plus button that says, “MORE ENERGY” and a minus ...
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• Renewable Energy, Winning by Default

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 133
  The World in a Box.jpg The one thing that may put renewable energies like solar power over the top in the future is not price, efficiency, or even the size of environmental footprints, but merely the fact that oil and gas reserves are becoming increasingly uncertain.
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• Mountaineer’s carbon capture process illustrated

  
  Behind the Plug — Authority: 124
  Now that American Electric Power’s carbon capture and storage project has begun operating at its Mountaineer plant in New Haven, W.Va., it has received a flurry of media attention. And rightfully so – with the help of technology developed by...
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• Duke’s Rogers: Why Nuclear Power Will Probably Trump Coal

  
  WSJ.com: Environmental Capital — Authority: 708
  Dukes chief executive makes the jobs case for adding more nuclear power.
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• The “how much” and “how to” of China’s goal to reduce carbon intensity

  
  The Green Leap Forward ??? — Authority: 474
  In September, President Hu Jintao announced that China will seek to reduce its carbon emissions per unit of GDP, or carbon intensity, by a “noticeable margin” (see previous post “ China’s Carbon Intensity Plans and its Impacts on Climate Progress “).  The world has been waiting with bated breath to learn ...
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• Fossil Fuel Emissions Rose 29% since 2000

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 626
  A report (PDF) by scientists shows that emissions are outpacing the ability of ocean and land carbon sinks to soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). They are concerned that if natural sinks can’t keep pace with the increased CO2 emission ...
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• Coal Warriors: Why U.S. Coal Producers Could Still Have a Bright Future

  
  WSJ.com: Environmental Capital — Authority: 708
  Coal as a power source may be under siege from Washington. Thats not necessarily a death blow to big coal producers.
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• CCS success: Notes from day two of the Regional Carbon Sequestration Conference

  
  Behind the Plug — Authority: 124
  This is the second in a series of posts from ACCCE’s National Communications Director, Steve Gates, who is attending the Regional Carbon Sequestration Conference underway in Pittsburgh, Penn. For those who might question the substance behind CCS, I have one...
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• New Value in FSC Certified Forests

  
  EbioAnt — Authority: 144
  By Dylan Tanner Until plantation forestry became prominent several decades ago, the plentiful supply of forests around the world meant that the traditional model of producing timber was to clear cut old and secondary growth forest and utilize the land for tree plantations on a 15-30 year cycle. In tropical ...
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• The Energy Bill

  
  Robert Kyriakides's Weblog — Authority: 129
  The United Kingdom Government has published its programme of legislation for this the last Parliament before A General Election. Many doubt whether any of the proposals will be enacted in law before Parliament is dissolved. Many of the proposals are simply window dressing but among the more useful pieces of ...
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• The Linde Group and Algenol Biofuels Joins to develop Algae-based Carbon dioxide Capture Technology.

  
  Oilgae — Authority: 127
  You are at: Oilgae Blog.The Linde Group and the US company Algenol Biofuels LLC have agreed to collaborate in a joint development project to identify the optimum management of carbon dioxide (CO2) and oxygen (O2) for Algenol’s algae and photobioreactor technology.The research collaboration builds on a process ...
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• Dutch approve project to store CO2 underground

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 561
  Yahoo News 18 Nov 09;THE HAGUE (AFP) – The Dutch government said Wednesday it had approved the experimental below-ground storage of excess CO2 to curb damaging emissions, dismissing concerns of residents who live on top of the project.The test project would kick off from 2012 with CO2 stored in a spent natural gas ...
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• University gets $56 million in funding

  
  News from The University of Texas at Austin — Authority: 556
  University of Texas at Austin researchers have received 123 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grants for nearly $56 million.The projects are spread among 14 schools and units with many of the projects crossing disciplinary boundaries. They range from research into energy sources and storage devices, ...
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