Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
On a planet aspiring to become carbon neutral, the once-stalwart coal power plant is an emerging anachronism. It is true that, in much of the developing world, coal-fired capacity continues to grow. But in every corner of the globe, political and financial pressures are mounting to bury coal in the past.
Creative Greenius
MARCH 2, 2011
Barrasso, a rightwing whack job from Wyoming, introduced a bill (S. 228) that would bar the federal government from implementing any law or regulation related to climate change, whether it has to do with cutting industrial greenhouse gas emissions or not. Barrasso, a rightwing whack job from Wyoming, introduced a bill (S.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 19, 2010
Ceres recently released a new report concluding that coal-to-liquid (CTL) and oil shale technologies face significant environmental and financial obstacles—from water constraints, to technological uncertainties to regulatory and market risks—that pose substantial financial risks for investors involved in such projects.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 11, 2009
A US Department of Energy/National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) team of regional partners has begun injecting CO 2 into a deep lignite coal seam in Burke County, North Dakota, to demonstrate the economic and environmental viability of geologic CO 2 storage in the US Great Plains region.
Green Car Congress
MAY 14, 2013
In terms of per capita emissions, the top emitter was Wyoming (118.5 For example, some states are located near abundant hydroelectric supplies, while others contain abundant coal resources. Climate Change Emissions' Topping the list for absolute emissions in 2010 was Texas (652.6 million tonnes CO 2 ); California (369.8
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. In prior work with DOE, MTR has advanced membrane CO 2 capture technology for coal power plants through small engineering scale testing and studies.
Green Car Congress
MAY 5, 2014
These gases come from human activities such as combustion of coal and oil as well as natural sources such as emissions from plants. Warmer temperatures and other changes in the atmosphere related to a changing climate, including higher atmospheric levels of methane, spur the chemical reactions that lead to ozone.
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