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Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

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MAY 6, 2022

Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, and José-Luis Cruz of Princeton University assesses the local social cost of carbon (LSCC) and how that cost aligns with the carbon reduction pledges countries made under the Paris Agreement. The price of carbon should then be set at this price, everywhere.

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Tax Carbon Global Climate Change

New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

A team of researchers from Canada and the US has developed a system that quickly and efficiently converts carbon dioxide into simple chemicals via CO 2 electrolysis. The electrode architecture enables production of two-carbon products such as ethylene and ethanol at current densities just over an ampere per square centimeter.

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CO2 Production Polymer Water

Nornickel investigating using mining tailings to capture and store CO2

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JANUARY 5, 2023

The dompany is also working to develop a methodology to take stock of carbon units captured this way. Silica and magnesium oxide contained in waste rock can absorb carbon dioxide during weathering (long-term exposure to air). In 2021, Nornickel extracted 41.2 mm) that looks like sand. This process is called mineralization.

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Store CO2 Waste Carbon

Surrey team developing direct-air-capture CO2 to methanol process

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APRIL 4, 2022

Researchers at the University of Surrey (UK) are developing a process to capture carbon dioxide directly from the air and then use dynamic catalysis to create methanol—a valuable chemical that, made this way, could be carbon-negative. Its value could offset the cost of direct air capture.

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CO2 Carbon Universal Store

Researchers develop wave-energy-driven CO2 reduction system for production of carbon-based liquid fuels

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Finally, they present design guidelines for achieving a cost-effective, efficient, and large-scale wave-energy-driven CO 2 reduction system for liquid fuel production. Schematic of the ocean-wave-driven electrochemical CO 2 RR system for liquid fuel production. mol of formic acid per day at 18 knots wind speed.

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Carbon Energy Fuel Energy Storage

UD team devises CO2 direct air capture device powered by hydrogen for HEMFCs

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

University of Delaware engineers have demonstrated an effective way to capture 99% of carbon dioxide from the ambient air feed to an hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cell (HEMFC) air using a novel electrochemical system powered by hydrogen. However, HEMFC performance is adversely affected by CO 2 present in the ambient air feed.

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Hydrogen Power Powered CO2

New polymer membrane efficiently removes carbon dioxide from mixed gases; high permeability and selectivity

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MAY 3, 2022

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University, SINTEF in Norway and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, has developed a polymer membrane technology that removes carbon dioxide from mixed gases with both high permeability and high selectivity. A paper on their work is published in the journal Science.

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Polymer Carbon North Carolina Norway

Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

The catalyst shows a carbon dioxide conversion through hydrogenation to hydrocarbons in the aviation jet fuel range of 38.2%, with a yield of 17.2%, and a selectivity of 47.8%, and with an attendant low carbon monoxide (5.6%) and methane selectivity (10.4%). H 2 O) on catalytically active sites on ?-Fe Makgae, O.A.

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Convert Fuel CO2 Conversion

How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

One avenue to combat this crisis is a rapid reduction in carbon emissions from our daily transportation, one of the leading contributors of CO 2 emissions. Enter electric vehicles: a practical step toward reducing carbon emissions and reinforcing sustainable practices. Let’s not forget our carbon footprint.

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Carbon Emissions CO2 Gasoline-Electric

New highly efficient catalyst for photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction toward methane

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JANUARY 15, 2020

The work, presented in a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offers a unique, highly efficient, and inexpensive route for solar fuels synthesis. The researchers think that it could be recycling smokestack carbon dioxide into clean-burning fuel within 5-10 years. —lead author Baowen Zhou.

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CO2 Carbon Solar Hydrogen

Elon Musk offers advice to $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal competitors

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APRIL 23, 2021

XPRIZE officially launched the $100 Million XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. In February, the Tesla CEO announced he was teaming up with XPRIZE to manage the $100 million carbon capture prize he was donating to encourage innovators to develop CO2 removal solutions. In honor of the launch, XPRIZE founder Peter H.

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Carbon CO2 IDEA Production

EU GRAMOFON project ends after 42 months with promising results on CO2 capture

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MAY 3, 2020

Their use as catalysts in the synthesis of high value-added chemical products such as fuels, alcohols, carbonates and polyurethanes will make it possible to reduce the amount of CO 2 currently generated.

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Researchers capture first images of CO2 emissions from commercial aircraft engine using chemical species tomography

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Researchers have used a novel near-infrared light imaging technique to capture the first cross-sectional images of carbon dioxide in the exhaust plume of a commercial jet engine. The researchers used their new chemical species tomography setup to capture the first images of carbon dioxide exhaust from a commercial aircraft engine.

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Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

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MAY 4, 2021

Following on the introduction of R33 Blue Diesel ( earlier post ), Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen have now developed a low-carbon gasoline. The new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, similarly contains up to 33% renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at least 20% per kilometer driven.

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Gasoline Renewable CO2 Gasoline-Electric

Toyota a winner as CO2 reduction plan introduced to parliament with less pressure on SUVs and utes

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MARCH 26, 2024

Australia is on schedule to have a CO2 reduction scheme for motor vehicle in place by January 1 2025. Hyundai calls for more EV support under Labor’s new CO2 reduction scheme READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles! Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes READ MORE: Get out of the way diesel!

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CO2 Toyota SUV Isuzu

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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JULY 15, 2020

million in funding for 12 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E’s) FLExible Carbon Capture and Storage (FLECCS) program. Synergistic Heat Pumped Thermal Storage and Flexible Carbon Capture System - $1,000,000. The US Department of Energy announced $11.5 Colorado State University.

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USC, NREL team develops sustainably produceable nanoparticle for thermocatalytic CO2 hydrogenation; emissions into fuels

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

x NPs dispersed on an inert carbon support. Malmstadt said that the aim of the project was to capture carbon emissions from an emission source, such as a flue, and then to convert it into usable fuels, with the nanoparticles functioning as a catalyst to enable the reaction. So, we’re turning carbon dioxide back into hydrocarbons.

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Hydrogen Emissions CO2 Fuel

New porous coordination polymer captures CO2, converts it to useful organic materials

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

One possible way to counteract rising global CO 2 emissions is to capture and sequester carbon from the atmosphere, but current methods are highly energy intensive. Here, we present a dynamic porous coordination polymer (PCP) material with local flexibility, in which the propeller-like ligands rotate to permit CO 2 trapping.

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Polymer Convert CO2 Carbon

Supreme Court curbs EPA authority to regulate CO2 from power plants

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JULY 1, 2022

. … Where the statute at issue is one that confers authority upon an administrative agency, that inquiry must be “shaped, at least in some measure, by the nature of the question presented”—whether Congress in fact meant to confer the power the agency has asserted. Under our precedents, this is a major questions case.

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Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In the long term, Audi is pursuing the vision of CO2-neutral mobility and aims to be climate-neutral throughout the company on balance by 2050. Audi is focusing on the electric car, which has the best carbon footprint of all drive systems in the largest markets over its entire service life. Earlier post.).

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Audi CO2 Emissions Vehicles

Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Seen together, the climate impact of these two factors is bigger than that of the sector’s carbon emissions. Here, we present a new comprehensive and quantitative approach for evaluating aviation climate forcing terms.

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MAHLE criticizes EC CO2 regulation proposal for abandoning technology neutrality

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JULY 20, 2021

There will therefore be no further basis for sustainable alternatives such as plug-in hybrids and non-fossil fuels although these could make a significant contribution to CO 2 reduction or even carbon neutrality, MAHLE said. MAHLE itself is forging ahead with its technological and structural transformation, Frick said.

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CO2 Climate Protection Climate Germany

GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.) The carbon nanofibers build up on the steel electrode, where they can be removed, Licht says.

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Low Cost Carbon Li-ion Carbon Fiber

U-Mich researcher’s first-principles analysis challenges conventional carbon accounting for biofuels; implications for climate policy

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

System boundaries (red line) schematic for liquid fuel carbon balance. For biofuels, because biogenic carbon is automatically credited within a product lifecycle, the boundary effectively excludes vehicle end-use CO 2 emissions. DeCicco 2013. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Carbon CO2 Emissions

246th ACS National Meeting symposium on CO2 conversion to fuels

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

Talks presented in the symposium included: Homogeneous reduction of formic acid by pyridine: A key step in CO 2 reduction to CH OH (Lim et al.) CO 2 chemistry: Catalytic transformation of carbon dioxide based on its activation (He et al. ) CO 2 chemistry: Catalytic transformation of carbon dioxide based on its activation (He et al. )

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Conversion CO2 Fuel Carbon

A metal-free, sustainable approach to CO2 reduction

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JUNE 17, 2019

Researchers in Japan are presenting an organic catalyst for CO 2 reduction that is inexpensive, readily available and recyclable. Ken Motokura, Chihiro Nakagawa, Ria Ayu Pramudita, and Yuichi Manaka (2019) “Formate-Catalyzed Selective Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formate Products Using Hydrosilanes” ACS Sustainable Chem. 9b02172.

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CO2 Japan Convert Conversion

DOE’s Carbon Utilization and Storage Atlas estimates at least 2,400B metric tons of US CO2 storage resource

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DECEMBER 25, 2012

The United States has at least 2,400 billion metric tons of possible carbon dioxide storage resource in saline formations, oil and gas reservoirs, and unmineable coal seams, according to a new US Department of Energy (DOE) publication.

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Carbon CO2 United States Climate Change

Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

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MARCH 3, 2016

Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. —Stuart Licht. —Licht et al.

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Li-ion Carbon Convert Sodium

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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JULY 8, 2015

million in Carbon Recycling International (CRI). Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. —Li Shufu, Chairman of Geely Group. Earlier post.).

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Renewable Carbon Water Fuel

Researchers develop efficient single-atom Ni catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO

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MARCH 2, 2018

An international research team has developed a new single-atom electrocatalyst that efficiently converts CO 2 to carbon monoxide (CO). One reason is that it performs HER very well, and brings down the CO2 reduction selectivity dramatically. Their findings were published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science.

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Conversion CO2 Convert Water

New inexpensive catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO could help with storage of renewable energy

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JUNE 23, 2013

carbon monoxide evolving catalyst (Bi-CMEC) that can be used in conjunction with ionic liquids to convert CO 2 to carbon monoxide (CO) using electricity. At present, the importance of the Bi 3+ ions to the efficacy of Bi-CMEC is unclear. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Fuels Power Generation'

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Conversion Renewable CO2 Energy

Bosch study highlights potential of e-fuels to reduce CO2 emissions

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AUGUST 22, 2017

gigatons of CO 2 : three times Germany’s carbon-dioxide emissions in 2016. Carbon-neutral combustion engines that run on synthetic fuels are thus a very promising path to explore—including for passenger cars. Present studies suggest that the fuel itself (excluding any excise duties) could cost between €1.00 Earlier post.)

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Emissions Fuel CO2 Gasoline-Electric

UC Santa Barbara team develops catalytic molten metals for direct conversion of methane to hydrogen without forming CO2

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara have developed catalytic molten metals to pyrolize methane to release hydrogen and to form solid carbon. The insoluble carbon floats to the surface of the melt, where it can be removed and stored or incorporated into composite materials. C) Raman spectrum of surface carbon.

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Conversion Hydrogen CO2 Carbon

Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

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JANUARY 4, 2010

The analysis indicates that natural carbon sinks are maintaining overall resilience despite recent signs that the carbon uptakes of specific sinks are in decline. Approximately 40-45% of carbon emissions emitted every year remain in the atmosphere, with the balance absorbed as part of the Earth’s carbon cycle. per decade.

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Carbon Climate Change CO2 Climate

Construction of large-scale industrial carbon capture, storage project begins at ADM corn ethanol plant; 1M tonnes of CO2/year

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AUGUST 26, 2011

Construction activities have begun at an Illinois ethanol plant on a full-scale commercial project that will demonstrate industrial carbon capture and storage (ICCS). Because all of the captured CO 2 is produced from biologic fermentation, a significant feature of the project is its negative carbon footprint—i.e.,

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Carbon Illinois Industrial Industry

GWU team develops cost-effective solar process to produce lime for cement without CO2 emission

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APRIL 11, 2012

Conventional thermal decomposition production of lime (left) versus STEP direct solar conversion of calcium carbonate to calcium oxide (right). Surprisingly, this situation is reversed at high temperatures in molten carbonates, which allows the endothermic, electrolytic one pot synthesis, and precipitation of CaO. Click to enlarge.

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Solar Emissions CO2 Carbon

Study finds CO2 emissions trading more effective path to automotive CO2 reduction in Europe than tailpipe standards

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The existing emissions trading system in Europe has not worked well, Paltsev says, partly because its price on carbon is quite low, and partly because it does not encompass enough different emissions-producing sectors of the economy. —Sergey Paltsev. —Sergey Paltsev.

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Standards Emissions Europe CO2

Stanford team proposes method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture to provide transportation energy with reduced CO2 emissions

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APRIL 20, 2011

A team at Stanford University is proposing using solid oxide fuel cells as the basis for a method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture (EPICC) as a means to provide transportation services from oil shale with greatly reduced CO 2 emissions. Credit: ACS, Mulchandani and Brandt. Click to enlarge. decentralized.

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Oil Carbon Emissions CO2

Biden sets 2030 net GHG reduction target for US of 50-52% below 2005 levels

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APRIL 23, 2021

In 2019, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMT CO 2 Eq.), and CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion up 2.6% or 5,769 MMT CO 2 Eq. after accounting for sequestration from the land sector. Source: EPA “Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks”. over the same period.

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Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

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MAY 25, 2014

Carbon dioxide recycling in the methanol economy Source: Olah et al. The report’s authors presented four policy options: (1) market-driven approach; (2) regulatory push for carbon capture and utilization; (3) “methanol islands”; and (4) scenario-driven transition strategies. 2009, earlier post. Click to enlarge.

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Transportation CO2 Carbon Hydrogen

USGS scientist concludes that anthropogenic CO2 emissions dwarf those from volcanoes

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JUNE 15, 2011

On average, human activities put out in just three to five days the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide that volcanoes produce globally each year, according to Terrance Gerlach of the US Geological Survey (USGS). Gerlach used the figure of about one-quarter of a billion metric tons of volcanic carbon dioxide per year to make his comparisons.

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Emissions CO2 Indonesia Carbon

USGS assessment finds mean CO2 storage potential of 3,000 gigatonnes in US

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JUNE 27, 2013

The United States has the potential to store a mean of 3,000 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide in geologic basins throughout the country, according to the first detailed national geologic carbon sequestration assessment released today by the US Geological Survey (USGS). Carbon sequestration in the President’s climate plan.

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CO2 United States Carbon Coal

Stanford researchers develop copper-based catalyst that produces ethanol from CO at room temperature; potential for closed-loop CO2-to-fuel process

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APRIL 11, 2014

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a nanocrystalline copper material that produces multi-carbon oxygenates (ethanol, acetate and n-propanol) with up to 57% Faraday efficiency at modest potentials (–0.25?volts The challenge was to find a cathode that would reduce carbon monoxide to ethanol instead of reducing water to hydrogen.

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Fuel CO2 Carbon Conversion

Tesla Model Y converted into green hydrogen car to show “Hyper Hybrid” innovations

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Dafür wurden, so #Karliczek CO2-Abgase aus der Stahlindustrie zu Kraftstoffen „recycelt“. CO2 will continue to be produced. In a global market for renewable energy, carbon-based energy sources such as methanol are key building blocks. link] pic.twitter.com/w8NqLCfsfA — BMBF (@BMBF_Bund) September 22, 2021.

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Convert Hydrogen Green Hybrid

Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

Nornickel investigating using mining tailings to capture and store CO2

Surrey team developing direct-air-capture CO2 to methanol process

Researchers develop wave-energy-driven CO2 reduction system for production of carbon-based liquid fuels

UD team devises CO2 direct air capture device powered by hydrogen for HEMFCs

New polymer membrane efficiently removes carbon dioxide from mixed gases; high permeability and selectivity

Oxford team directly converts CO2 to jet fuel using iron-based catalysts

How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

New highly efficient catalyst for photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction toward methane

Elon Musk offers advice to $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal competitors

EU GRAMOFON project ends after 42 months with promising results on CO2 capture

Researchers capture first images of CO2 emissions from commercial aircraft engine using chemical species tomography

Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

Toyota a winner as CO2 reduction plan introduced to parliament with less pressure on SUVs and utes

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

USC, NREL team develops sustainably produceable nanoparticle for thermocatalytic CO2 hydrogenation; emissions into fuels

New porous coordination polymer captures CO2, converts it to useful organic materials

Supreme Court curbs EPA authority to regulate CO2 from power plants

Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

MAHLE criticizes EC CO2 regulation proposal for abandoning technology neutrality

GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2

U-Mich researcher’s first-principles analysis challenges conventional carbon accounting for biofuels; implications for climate policy

246th ACS National Meeting symposium on CO2 conversion to fuels

A metal-free, sustainable approach to CO2 reduction

DOE’s Carbon Utilization and Storage Atlas estimates at least 2,400B metric tons of US CO2 storage resource

Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

Researchers develop efficient single-atom Ni catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO

New inexpensive catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO could help with storage of renewable energy

Bosch study highlights potential of e-fuels to reduce CO2 emissions

UC Santa Barbara team develops catalytic molten metals for direct conversion of methane to hydrogen without forming CO2

Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

Construction of large-scale industrial carbon capture, storage project begins at ADM corn ethanol plant; 1M tonnes of CO2/year

GWU team develops cost-effective solar process to produce lime for cement without CO2 emission

Study finds CO2 emissions trading more effective path to automotive CO2 reduction in Europe than tailpipe standards

Stanford team proposes method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture to provide transportation energy with reduced CO2 emissions

Biden sets 2030 net GHG reduction target for US of 50-52% below 2005 levels

Study for European Parliament assesses options for turning CO2 into methanol for use in transport

USGS scientist concludes that anthropogenic CO2 emissions dwarf those from volcanoes

USGS assessment finds mean CO2 storage potential of 3,000 gigatonnes in US

Stanford researchers develop copper-based catalyst that produces ethanol from CO at room temperature; potential for closed-loop CO2-to-fuel process

Tesla Model Y converted into green hydrogen car to show “Hyper Hybrid” innovations

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