carbon sequestration

A new method of geo-engineering involving the use of lime could return atmospheric CO2 to pre-industrial levels.

In a move that’s a first for Australia, the Yang Power Station, a coal-fired facility located in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley, has captured CO2 directly from the flue gases.

Ben Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency, is interviewed about the linkages between energy, water and climate change. That includes, particularly, a regulation EPA has proposed aimed at protecting drinking water around the areas where carbon dioxide would be stored underground through future carbon sequestration technology.

Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) renews his effort to take a new look at combating global climate change. In his speech to the Senate, Barrassostresses the importance of developing technology to remove existing excess green houses gases from the atmosphere andpermanently sequester them. The "Greenhouse Gas Emission Atmospheric Removal Act," or GEAR Act, will establish an award system for scientists andresearchers.

Three advisers to the 2008 presidential candidates describe their respective candidate's energy, environmental and climate change policies should their candidate be elected president.

In preparation for the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) Policy and Technical Group Business Meetings to be held in Cape Town, South Africa on April 13-17, 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy provides a briefing to interested parties on current CSLF activities and the U.S. position on CSLF issues.

The new Tory plan to sequester carbon may seem like a good idea, but it is really more about sweeping the issue of the tar sands, and the emission created by the tar sands, under the rug (or more accurately underground).

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on carbon capture, transportation, and sequestration and to receive testimony on two related bills: S. 2323, a bill to provide for the conduct of carbon capture and storage technology research, development and demonstration projects, and for other purposes; and S. 2144, a bill to require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study of the feasibility relating to the construction and operation of pipelines and carbon dioxide sequestration facilities, and for other purposes.

ScienceDaily (Nov. 8, 2007) — Taking a page from Nature herself, a team of researchers developed a method to enhance removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and place it in the Earth's oceans for storage.