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NEWS ABOUT: carbon sequestration

carbon sequestration stories: 3 news summaries

Carbon Dioxide Gets Buried in Midwest Experiment 

Site in Illinois may be able to hold 100 billion tons of CO2

Feb 16, 09 3:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Construction began this week on an Energy Department project that aims to bury a million metric tons of carbon dioxide beneath Illinois' surface by 2012, Wired reports. While that's peanuts compared to the billions of tons emitted each year, the project—the largest such injection to date—could pave the... More »

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climate change • carbon dioxide • power plant • coal power • carbon emissions • Department of Energy • carbon sequestration

 Gore Calls for Civil 
 Disobedience Vs. Coal 

Says world is losing climate change battle

Sep 25, 08 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Earth defender Al Gore is calling for a campaign of civil disobedience and protest to halt construction of 48 coal plants that lack the technology to capture and store carbon, Reuters reports. "If you're a young person looking at the future of this planet, I believe we have reached... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • global warming • Clinton Global Initiative • civil disobedience • carbon sequestration • geo-sequestration

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 'Clean Coal'
 Advocates 
 Blowing 
 Smoke 

Investing in carbon sequestration "reckless"

Jul 17, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - “Clean coal” is the buzzword of the moment, with industry groups and presidential candidates swearing by a work-in-progress technique known as carbon capture and storage (CCS), which ultimately buries carbon dioxide emissions deep underground. But Jeff Goodell, writing in Yale Environment 360, doesn’t buy it. “We don’... More »

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climate change • environment • coal • coal power • carbon emissions • carbon sequestration

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