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The Filthy Five: Toyota and Ford responsible for more emissions than Australia’s largest coal mines

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Australia's top selling fossil fuel car companies are responsible for more CO2 emissions than some of Australia's largest coal mines according to a damning new report from the Climate Council.

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DOE awarding $6.5M to 9 large-scale Phase I pilot coal projects

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This FOA, issued in August 2017, is a $50-million funding opportunity for projects supporting cost-shared research and development to design, construct, and operate two large-scale pilots to demonstrate transformational coal technologies. Babcock & Wilcox Company. Phase I projects. Organization. Description. University of Illinois.

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BMW Group secures CO2-reduced steel for global production network

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This manufacturing process has significant potential for CO 2 savings, compared to coal-based steel production in a blast furnace. The company will supply the BMW Group’s European plants with steel produced exclusively using hydrogen and electricity from renewable energies.

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Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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Growth in oil use, particularly aviation, and coal use are behind most of the increase in 2022. Many countries, cities, companies, and individuals have made pledges to reduce emissions, and it is stark reminder that despite all this rhetoric, global fossil CO 2 emissions are more than 5% higher than in 2015, the year of the Paris Agreement.

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Mitsubishi Heavy, Southern Company begin underground injection of captured CO2 from coal-fired plant; 500 metric tons per day

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MHI) and Southern Company, a major US electric utility, has begun underground injection of CO 2 recovered from emissions from a coal-fired power generation plant. The CO 2 capture facility, which was built jointly by MHI and Southern Company, is currently the largest deployed: 500 mtpd, with CO 2 recovery efficiency above 90%.

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Trestle Energy and Larksen partner to reduce CO2 from ethanol and coal power

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Trestle Energy LLC, a low carbon fuel company working with ethanol producers across the Midwest, and Larksen LLC, a biomass company providing sustainably sourced agricultural residues to Midwestern power plants, will collaborate to commercialize a new Fuel Pathway Management Platform.

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8 Rivers announces 8RH2 CO2 Convective Reformer for ultra-low carbon hydrogen production from natural gas

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The ultra-low carbon hydrogen then can be turned into ultra-low carbon ammonia, which in turn can be used for decarbonized fertilizer, zero-carbon maritime fuels, and as a zero-carbon feedstock fuel to replace coal in existing power infrastructure. 8 Rivers Capital, LLC is a Durham, North Carolina–based climate technology company.

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