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AUGUST 10, 2021

Climate technology developer and commercializer LanzaTech has been awarded $4.1M from the Department of Energy (DOE) for a project leveraging technology that uses carbon dioxide (CO2)-rich gas, such as from corn grain ethanol refining, to make chemicals and fuels. Read the full story at Waste360.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

This Innovation Roadmap presents an overview of the current status, innovation needs, and research efforts in Mission Innovation (MI) Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Mission member countries for three CDR approaches: direct air capture with storage, enhanced mineralization, and biomass with carbon removal and storage.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 29, 2024

After state regulators rebuffed several proposed carbon transport projects over the past year, lawmakers have moved to formally ban new projects until the federal government sets forth new safety rules.

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APRIL 7, 2022

Researchers have developed a new membrane technology that allows for more efficient removal of carbon dioxide from mixed gases, such as emissions from power plants. Read the full story from North Carolina State University.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2024

On September 27, ADM notified EPA they would be temporarily pausing carbon dioxide inspections after discovering a potential brine fluid leak in their second monitoring well. CCS is a technology whose risks are becoming increasingly apparent, not the least of which is the seeming impossibility of forever storage. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2024

On June 25, the House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee unanimously amended and reported out Senate Bill 831 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) establishing a framework for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide. The bill will now go to the full House for consideration. Click Here to watch a video of the meeting.

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Inside Climate News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

In a research paper, the scientists say capturing carbon dioxide directly from the oceans could have advantages over direct air capture.

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A more sustainable option gaining steam is the use of electrolyzers, devices that instead use electricity to convert raw materials like carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful molecules for chemicals and products. Traditional chemical manufacturing relies on non-renewable fossil energy sources for power and raw materials.

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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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New Scientist

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

New technologies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are growing in scale –though their effect on the climate remains negligible

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 5, 2023

Support for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is growing globally. In its Sixth Assessment Report , released last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that global carbon dioxide emissions must reach net-zero by the early 2050s to limit warming to 1.5 By Carolina Arlota and Korey Silverman-Roati.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Read the full story from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Researchers developed an efficient process that can convert carbon dioxide into formate, a nonflammable liquid or solid material that can be used like hydrogen or methanol to power a fuel cell and generate electricity.

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Air Company, a carbon technology company that creates carbon-negative alcohols and fuels from Carbon Dioxide (CO2), has launched its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) made from captured CO2.

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Physics World

OCTOBER 30, 2021

In fact, in 1938 Sir George Simpson, a leading meteorologist, dismissed the link between rising carbon-dioxide (CO 2 ) concentration and temperature as “ rather a coincidence ”. Callendar’s 1938 paper “The artificial production of carbon dioxide and its influence on temperature” ( Q. 139 1961 ).

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies that could be critical tools to combat climate change have developed in line with other technologies from the last century. Read the full story from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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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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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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Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2021

Read the full story from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Carbon dioxide emissions in Los Angeles and the Washington DC/Baltimore regions fell roughly 33 percent in April of 2020 compared with previous years, as roads emptied and economic activity slowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study.

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Environment + Energy Leader

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Air Company, a carbon technology company that creates carbon-negative alcohols and fuels from Carbon Dioxide (CO2), has launched its Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) made from captured CO2.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 2, 2022

Assessments by the IPCC have made clear that the most feasible way for the world to meet its target of restricting climate change to below two degrees Celsius of warming includes rapid and massive expansion of carbon removal technology – technology that would extract carbon dioxide and permanently sequester that carbon dioxide underground.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 27, 2024

. “High Gravity-Enhanced Direct Air Capture: A Leap Forward in CO2 Adsorption Technology.” 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. ” Atmosphere, 15(2).

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 30, 2024

The refrigerant gases commonly used to keep the freezer and cold sections of grocery markets at the right temperature contain hydrofluorocarbons, chemicals that can be hundreds to thousands of times more powerful greenhouse gases than carbon dioxide.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Read the full story from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Made from abundant elements and requiring no complex post-synthesis treatment or modifications, this promising photocatalyst could pave the way for a new class of … Continue reading Efficient carbon dioxide reduction under visible light with a novel, inexpensive catalyst.

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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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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 8, 2023

But there, sandwiched between a decommissioned solar thermal project and an almond farm, a company is testing a machine that can suck carbon dioxide and … Continue reading New technology could capture carbon and water out of thin air

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Law Columbia

MARCH 23, 2023

March 8, 2023, marked the start of the demonstration phase of Project Greensand , shipping carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from Belgium for storage in a depleted oilfield in the North Sea off the coast of Denmark. on the Export of Carbon Dioxide Streams for Disposal in Sub-Seabed Geological Formations for the Purpose of Sequestration.

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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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Environment + Energy Leader

MARCH 6, 2023

Under the MoU, CarbonFree will provide technology and expertise to capture carbon dioxide emissions generated from U.S. Steel’s Gary Works manufacturing plant using CarbonFree’s SkyCycle™ technology. The post U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) 2022 Compendium of CarbonCapture Technology is now available. The current compendium presents 124 projects in … Continue reading 2022 Compendium of Carbon Capture Technology.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 9, 2024

A word about CCS : this technology has existed for decades but is only used at a handful of fossil energy facilities. C to 2°C,” and, “Implementation of CCS currently faces technological, economic, institutional, ecological-environmental, and socio-cultural barriers.” Exxon’s figure shows relative changes in cost (as measured in…?)

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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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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Using humidity-powered technology, researchers found several new ions that facilitate low-energy carbon sequestration Read the full story from Northwestern University.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold an informational meeting September 19 on carbon capture technology and related legislation. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming), Majority Chair of the Committee, announced his intention to introduce legislation to promote carbon capture, utilization and sequestration.

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Environmental News Bits

JULY 2, 2021

A pioneering technology that can permanently store carbon dioxide (CO2) in concrete blocks has gone through successful testing at the Alabama-based National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC). Read the full story from Alabama NewsCenter.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 10, 2024

The primary goal is to stabilize or even reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. Given that carbon and hydrogen are fundamental elements on Earth, integral to … Continue reading Impact assessment of a novel carbon utilization technology in the context of industrial symbiosis and circular economy

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Global net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions include carbon dioxide from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes, net carbon dioxide from land use, land use change and forestry, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. of its long-term investments to sources of low-carbon energy like wind and solar.

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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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