The Lake Nyos disaster demonstrated an uncontrolled urban release of concentrated CO2 has the potential to kill millions of people. But this risk doesn’t seem to bother companies chasing funding.
Category: Carbon sequestration
US Proposes Carbon Storage Under Nations Forests
This introduces a rather ironic scenario where forest land could be compromised for the sake of environmental protection.
Navigator CO2 Ventures cancels carbon-capture pipeline project in US Midwest
The people united to resist Navigator at every level in every corner of every state and we won,
Carbon Capture: BUSTED!?
Strong believer in catastrophic AGW shoots down the economics of carbon capture.
Carbon Offsets from Forest Conservation Projects have Been Overestimated
…there has been little rigorous evidence as to whether the projects deliver on their promises.
Biden’s Multi-Billion Dollar Carbon Capture Gamble
Instead of costly ventures with dubious returns, it might be wiser to reevaluate our stance on carbon dioxide and refocus our resources more judiciously.
Biden EPA Unveils New CO2 Crackdown On Coal & Natural Gas Power Plants – Claim to achieve ‘climate and public health benefits’
…they are hellbent on doing everything in their power to regulate coal and gas-fueled power plants out of existence, no matter the cost to energy security and reliability,
EPA’s CCS requirement is illegal; The agency blocked its Science Advisory Board from saying so 10 years ago
From JunkScience Steve Milloy EPA proposed today that utilities stop burning coal and natural gas by 2040 unless power plants can be outfitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The agency…
The Practical Impossibility of Large-Scale Carbon Capture and Storage
From MasterResource By Steve Goreham — May 2, 2023 “CCS has been slow to take off due to the cost of capture and the limited salability of carbon dioxide as…
Carbon Capture & Storage: ExxonMobil’s Big Political Play
Carbon capture and storage is a “loss leader” for ExxonMobil to officially greenwash.
Geoengineering: New Area for the Climate Industrial Complex?
Today’s climate/energy policy has created many eco-sins from just about anyone’s viewpoint.
New study settles long-standing debate: Does agricultural erosion create a carbon sink or source
Timescales reconcile the paradox
No, NBC News, Giving the Ocean Antacids Will Not Help Curb Climate Change
Adding antacids won’t have any effect on the temperature dependent chemical process in the oceans, and these researchers will soon discover that their efforts would be miniscule in the big…
Could Growing Hemp Earn Carbon Credits?
According to the BBC, skilled hemp growers are looking to make money selling their product to the construction industry.
New Zealand Carbon Farming
What is at fault are successive governments and a failure to look after the public interest.
Claim: California’s Carbon Mitigation Efforts May be Thwarted by Climate Change Itself
“We need our forests and other plant-covered areas to provide a ‘natural climate solution’ of removing carbon dioxide from the air, but heat and drought caused by the very problem…
Worrying Finding in California’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Climate Initiative Reveals Problem with Using Forests to Offset CO2 Emissions
The problems we observe here aren’t unique to the California program and raise broader concerns about the integrity of offsets’ permanence claims,
Claim: Carbon Removal Using ‘Blue Carbon’ Habitats “Uncertain and Unreliable”
Restoring coastal vegetation – so called ‘blue carbon’ habitats – may not be the nature-based climate solution it is claimed to be, according to a new study.
Claim: Study Reveals how Climate Change Can Significantly Impact One of the World’s Most Important Carbon-rich Ecosystems
“The team’s goal now is to use the findings from this study to guide large-scale restoration of mangrove forests across the globe”, added the study’s co-author, Dr Simon Cragg from the University…
How ‘Viral Dark Matter’ May Help Mitigate Climate Change
The question of magnitude is a serious consideration when taking into account the vastness of the ocean.
Fastest Carbon Dioxide Catcher Heralds New Age for Direct Air Capture
The field of carbon capture, the removal and subsequent storage or conversion of carbon dioxide, is developing rapidly, but hurdles remain before it can be deployed at scale.
If Chevron, Exxon and Shell Can’t Get Gorgon’s Carbon Capture and Storage to Work, Who Can?
Back to the drawing board!!
The Ocean Is Still Sucking Up Carbon—Maybe More Than We Think
Recent studies looking at carbon-sequestering microbes suggest we still have a lot to learn about the ocean’s biological carbon pump.
Carbon Collect Unveils Mechanicaltree™ In Partnership With Arizona State University
Carbon Collect’s MechanicalTree™ is up to a thousand times more efficient at removing CO2 from the air than a natural tree.
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