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UK plan to capture carbon ignited by contracts worth over 4bn pounds London (AFP) Mar 15, 2024 Major UK plans for gas-fired power stations that capture carbon took a key step forward Friday with the award of building contracts worth GBP4 billion ($5 billion). The joint-venture scheme, led by British energy giant BP plus French and Norwegian peers TotalEnergies and Equinor, forms part of UK government plans for a net zero carbon economy by 2050. The facilities, to be built in northern England by a date yet to be specified, come under the Net Zero Teesside Power and Northern Endurance Partner ... read more |
Climate: Carbon capture tech is booming, and confusing Paris (AFP) Mar 15, 2024 Humanity's failure to reduce planet-heating carbon pollution - at record levels in 2023 - has thrust once-marginal options for capping or reducing CO2 in the atmosphere to centre stage. ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 11, 2024 In a bold move to combat climate change, Switzerland has committed to reducing its net carbon emissions to zero by 2050, a target that aligns with the global urgency to address the escalating crisis ... more Phnom Penh (AFP) Feb 29, 2024 Indigenous Cambodians living in a protected forest say a carbon credit scheme has led to the destruction of their crops and huts, as a two-year Human Rights Watch investigation released Thursday documented forced evictions and criminal charges. ... more Ottawa (AFP) Feb 29, 2024 Canada's Saskatchewan province announced Thursday it will not collect and remit a federal carbon tax on natural gas for home heating, setting up a fight over national climate policy. ... more |
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Thales Alenia Space completes MicroCarb satellite to map Earth's CO2 Paris, France (SPX) Feb 06, 2024 Thales Alenia Space has recently announced the successful completion of the assembly, integration, and test (AIT) phase for the MicroCarb satellite, marking a crucial step towards its launch. This s ... more San Antonio TX (SPX) Jan 24, 2024 The Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) Demo pilot plant, a $169 million, 10-megawatt supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) test facility at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San ... more Paris (AFP) Jan 19, 2024 Increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere this year will exceed key trajectories for limiting warming to 1.5C, Britain's Met Office predicted Friday, with researchers reaffirming that that only "drastic" emissions cuts can keep the target in sight. ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jan 17, 2024 Diamonds could form in the relatively shallow interiors of planets like Neptune and Uranus and travel downward, driving the ice giants' magnetic fields, according to new research from an internation ... more Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 16, 2024 Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created the world's first functional semiconductor made from graphene, a single sheet of carbon atoms held together by the strongest bonds kno ... more |
Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds Gainesville FL (SPX) Jan 16, 2024 Climate change is reshaping forests differently across the United States, according to a new analysis of U.S. Forest Service data. With rising temperatures, escalating droughts, wildfires, and disease outbreaks taking a toll on trees, researchers warn that forests across the American West are bearing the brunt of the consequences. The study, led by UF Biology researchers J. Aaron Hogan and Jeremy W. Lichstein was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study reveals a ... read more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 15, 2024 If we want to slow down global warming, we need to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Among other things, we need to do without fossil fuels and use more energy-efficient technologies. How ... more |
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Catalytic combo converts CO2 to solid carbon nanofibers Upton NY (SPX) Jan 12, 2024 Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Columbia University have developed a way to convert carbon dioxide (CO2), a potent greenhouse gas, into carbon ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2024 In a remarkable turn of events for an industry traditionally associated with fossil fuels, coal has been identified as a potential key player in the future of microelectronics. A collaborative effor ... more Marburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 03, 2024 Researchers at the Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology have achieved a significant milestone in synthetic biology by developing a novel biochemical pathway that converts carbon dioxide ... more Edinburgh UK (SPX) Dec 18, 2023 Scientists from the University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with their counterparts from Germany and Sweden, have unveiled a groundbreaking discovery in the field of materials science. Their resea ... more London (AFP) Dec 18, 2023 Britain on Monday said it planned to introduce a levy on carbon-intensive imported goods such as cement and iron from 2027. ... more |
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