Tag Archives: carbon capture
Carbon Capture may be Buried
The Columbus, Ohio-based utility says that it has chosen to pull back because of the high price of the tools that would be used to capture the carbon before it would be piped and buried in geological formations. That fact, coupled with the prevailing political landscape, means that it would be unable to recover its expenses from ratepayers. Continue reading
What is “Clean Coal” Anyway?
I am starting to think that the person who came up with the term “clean coal” is the same brilliant marketer who came up with the frequent flyer point system for the airlines. Continue reading
Clean-thinking America prepares to fire the starting gun in its dash for gas
Carbon dioxide is dangerous, says Lisa Jackson, administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It is dangerous, like the growling exhaust pipe of a 25-year-old Chevy Corvette or the sulphurous plume from a coal-fired power station. Overnight, America has decided: carbon-dioxide pollution is a public health hazard and emitters will be shunned like cigarette smokers. Continue reading
Clean Coal Unworkable
Big coal’s last best hope, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS), which is the missing puzzle piece required to create a truly ‘clean coal’ energy plant, is dead. Continue reading
CAP report: Where’s the (coal) money?
A major coal industry group has spent an estimated $45 million on an ongoing advertising campaign promoting the clean energy potential of coal, but its members are spending relatively little on the research that would make the technology a viable solution, a report by the Center for American Progress finds. Continue reading
