Legal Planet

JANUARY 2, 2023

Last week, MIT’s “Technology Review” reported that a small startup firm is proposing to spray reflective aerosols in the stratosphere commercially as a climate corrective. They say they have thus far launched two small weather balloons, which each released a few grams of sulfur dioxide gas (SO 2 ) in the stratosphere.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 31, 2022

by Klaus Lackner, Arizona State University Two centuries of burning fossil fuels has put more carbon dioxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere than nature can remove. There is so much CO2 in the atmosphere now that most scenarios… Read more →

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Their study examined the carbon dioxide and methane emissions from these companies’ products, as well as from the extraction and production processes of the largest gas, oil and coal producers and cement manufacturers. Data on the major carbon producers’ emissions have been published since 2014.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

The Inflation Reduction Act’s new hydrogen production tax credit , known as code 45V, is intended to incentivize a shift to low-carbon hydrogen production by offering producers a credit that increases in value as the carbon emissions associated with produced hydrogen declines.

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New Scientist

MAY 15, 2024

The direct air capture industry got a boost last week with the opening of Mammoth, the largest plant yet for sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, but questions remain about whether the technology can scale up

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 16, 2021

But what happens when we achieve the goal of zero carbon dioxide emissions from human actions? It turns out this is a critical question for understanding what carbon budgets we have in terms of emissions, if we seek to meet temperature thresholds like 2 degrees Celsius. Some models show a potential for a rise of up to 0.3

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 22, 2024

Breakthrough innovations in carbon dioxide mineralization for a sustainable future. Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology (2024).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

However, make no mistake: Technological advancement did not create the production boom by itself. Oil and gas major ConocoPhillips’ website says gas is “one of the safest and cleanest fuels available” and that when it is burned, it “produces mostly carbon dioxide and water vapor—the same substances emitted when humans exhale.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 10, 2023

H is for Hydrogen ExxonMobil, which spent an estimated $68 million to advertise its $300-million investment in algae biofuels , has pulled the plug on that research and now wants us to put our faith in hydrogen and carbon capture and storage as climate solutions.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 21, 2023

An innovative and sustainable chemistry developed at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory for capturing carbon dioxide from air has been licensed to Holocene, a Knoxville-based startup focused on designing and building plants that remove carbon dioxide from atmospheric air.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Responsible for 12 percent of all US global warming emissions from human activities, methane traps significantly more heat per molecule than carbon dioxide, making it 86 times more harmful for the first 20 years after it is released into the atmosphere.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 6, 2021

Farmers have, for years, known about their theoretical ability to offset carbon emissions by managing their land in a way that captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and stores it in the soil — a set of practices sometimes referred to as regenerative agriculture. But measuring the carbon… Read more →

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 26, 2024

This event offers a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements, strategies, and solutions in carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in thought-provoking discussions and network with professionals working in the carbon capture space.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Each credit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent pollution below the standard. I’ve written recently about why a Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard , which addresses the bio-based diesel credits. Source California Air Resources Board.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

One strategy is to counterbalance carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that contribute to climate change by drawing an equal amount of carbon out of the atmosphere, such as through planting trees. Reports from these studies and partnerships are found on the DCNR website.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

Atmosphere The gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth. The dry atmosphere consists almost entirely of nitrogen (78.1% volume mixing ratio), together with a number of trace gases, such as argon (0.93% volume mixing ratio), helium, radiatively active greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (0.035% volume mixing ratio), and ozone.

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Law and Environment

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

On September 21, 2023, the Biden administration outlined plans to expand federal agencies’ consideration of the social cost of carbon—a metric for the economic cost of each additional ton of carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere. The directive is, nonetheless, significant.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 26, 2023

Nearly one hundred years later, General Motors unveiled Electrovan , a clunky (and very dangerous ) Handi-van outfitted with hydrogen fuel cell technologies similar to those deployed by the Apollo spacecraft that would eventually put the first person on the moon. kg of carbon dioxide emissions.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 6, 2023

Read the full story from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Researchers are proposing a novel pathway through which coastal ecosystem restoration can permanently capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 24, 2024

The use of warehouse automation technology for scalable and low-cost direct air capture. link] Abstract Direct Air Capture (DAC) offers a promising pathway for combating climate change by removing carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the atmosphere. McQueen, N., & Drennan, D. Frontiers in Climate, 6.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The growing field of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR ) is exploring ways that we can augment the ocean’s ability to absorb and store the most prolific greenhouse gas warming our atmosphere. This is a question that more and more scientists, policymakers and entrepreneurs are asking. But not all mCDR is created equal.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say new technologies for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere must be developed faster to meet goals to reduce global warming.

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Swiss company Climeworks has opened the world’s largest plant that will directly capture CO2 from the atmosphere. Climeworks says that Orca is the world’s first and largest climate-positive direct air carbon capture and storage plant. These units are powerful and compact, with a minimal physical footprint.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 31, 2023

billion for two pioneering facilities—one in Texas, the other in Louisiana—that will remove millions of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually from the atmosphere using a technology known as direct air capture (DAC). unveils plans for large facilities to capture carbon directly from air

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Physics World

OCTOBER 26, 2021

It found that greenhouse-gas emissions emitted by the lab in 2018 was 223 800 tonnes of carbon-dioxide equivalent. Sette adds that the labs are “eager” to learn from each other and will now further develop best practices and develop new sustainable technologies. Eager to learn.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 27, 2024

. “High Gravity-Enhanced Direct Air Capture: A Leap Forward in CO2 Adsorption Technology.” ” Atmosphere, 15(2). link] Abstract Given the global pressure of climate change and ecological equilibrium, there is an urgent need to develop effective carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Zero-emission energy systems have a gigaton-sized challenge: Waste carbon dioxide (CO2) will continue to flow into the atmosphere as long as steel, cement, and chemical plants exist.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2024

Dave Luebke, technical director of the Direct Air Capture Center at the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh. Dr. Leubke will explain the basics of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and how both point-source CCS and direct air capture (DAC) can help the U.S. reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) atmospheric levels.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Amazon is making its first investments in direct air capture technology as part of its climate pledge to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. Direct air capture (DAC) technologies extract carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere through chemical reactions.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Department of Energy (DOE) to support the development of four regional “direct air capture hubs” (DAC Hubs)—networks that connect direct air capture projects with sequestration facilities and commercial users of captured carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Why Do We Need CO 2 Pipelines?

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Breezometer

APRIL 6, 2022

Increasing Levels Of Carbon Dioxide In The Atmosphere. There’s a direct correlation between pollen production and carbon dioxide, as demonstrated by scientific research. Learn about our pollen monitoring technology in more detail with this guide ).

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Brag

JANUARY 24, 2023

With atmospheric carbon dioxide levels on the rise, “innovative research that finds ways to transform CO 2 in the atmosphere into something positive is more important than ever.” BETO notes that the long-term challenge of the research will be scaling up scientific findings into commercial applications.

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Ivy Protocol

MAY 18, 2023

The year 2023 stands as a testament to this synergy, with a plethora of companies innovating in the carbon removal terrain with a shared goal of fighting climate change. Meeting the recent pathways laid out by the IPCC will require total cumulative net carbon dioxide removals of 20–660 GtCO2 by 2100. Mulligan, J., Ellison, G.,

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2023

DCNR's Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council will host a 2-part online CNRAC Conversation on Below and Above: Storing Carbon In The Pennsylvania Landscape. This webinar series explores opportunities to reduce carbon dioxide emissions through underground carbon storage and aboveground carbon sequestration.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

not plants, animals, or bacteria), get their energy by breaking down organic molecules via a different chemical pathway than we air-breathers use to get our energy, which does not require oxygen and ends in methane instead of carbon dioxide and water. Atmospheric concentrations. Climate impact. W/m 2 from elevated CO 2.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

Methane’s Warming Potential : Methane, a colorless, odorless, and highly flammable gas that occurs abundantly in nature and from a variety of anthropogenic activities, has a considerably higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide emissions, on the other hand, arise almost exclusively from burning fossil fuels.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

But the latest initiative by Google will be likely to attract praise, as it will be using technology to overcome a critical problem when it comes to cutting emissions: oil and gas methane leaks. Methane has 80 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide (CO2).

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