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DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam

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The seven partnerships form a national network that is investigating the best approaches for capturing and permanently storing CO 2. In addition to evaluating the lignite seam’s CO2 storage potential, the enhancement to coalbed methane extraction will also be evaluated. In collaboration with Eagle Operating Inc.,

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DOE Regional Partnership Begins Core Sampling for Large-Volume Carbon Sequestration Test

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Geologic carbon sequestration is expected to play an important future role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and combating climate change. The project is expected to involve the eventual transportation of CO2 from Spectra Energy’s Fort Nelson natural gas processing plant to the injection site.

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DOE Joint Genome Institute approves 41 projects for 2012 Community Sequencing Program; climate, environment and bioenergy feedstocks

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The projects span the globe and the unexplored branches of the tree of life, and promise to yield a better understanding of the interplay between climate, ecosystem and organism. Mediterranean Grassland Soil Metagenome (MGSM): Enabling a systems view of soil carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry under a changing climate. Bucking, Heike.