To sequester carbon dioxide as part of any climate-change mitigation strategy, the gas first has to be captured from the flue at a power plant or other source. The next step is just as important: the CO has to be released from
No area of business will be affected more quickly or more significantly by the United Nations climate negotiations in Copenhagen than the energy industry. The world needs to be on a path to
The Copenhagen summit on climate change is going to fall short. Does this matter? Yes and no: yes, because the case for action is so strong; no, because the likely agreement would be inadequate. Tackling climate change will be hard. It is crucial that we achieve the goal effectively and efficiently. The likely further delays should be used to achieve just that.
CO2 emissions from cement production currently represent about 5% of anthropogenic global CO2 emissions. Since 2002, CSI member companies have collectively made significant progress on measuring, reporting and mitigating their CO2 emissions, and
A speedy transition to low or zero carbon energy systems is necessary to reach the ambitious goals for reducing
carbon emissions set for 2050. Governing such a transition without recession or upheaval presents a challenge to
Ahmedabad: Tuvalu island, located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia, is a country likely to submerge soon due to rising sea level.
Despite this, it has set a target of generating all the power through wind or solar energy by 2020.
Omuta: Swathes of dirty clouds brood over a coal plant in rural Japan, but scientists are now hoping to send the pollutants the other way, deep into the bowels of Mother Earth.
The cutting-edge but controversial technology of carbon capture and storage (CCS) is being tested at the Mikawa power station, located near the coast of Japan's southern Fukuoka prefecture.
