carbon capture

Fake trees could help in the fight against climate change

One of the best ways to fight climate change is to invest in trees and plants. Branches and leaves help trap carbon...

Valser is using carbon capture technology to carbonate its beverages

Valser, a Coca-Cola-owned brand of sparkling water based in Switzerland, is embracing new climate capture technology....

Carbon Engineering cuts cost of carbon capture to less than $100 per ton

Carbon Engineering, a British Columbia-based company that has the financial backing of Bill Gates, has released...

NET Power's 50 megawatt Demonstration Plant in La Porte, Texas

NET Power’s zero-emissions natural gas plant could change the game

Last week, NET Power officially began operations at its 50-megawatt, emissions-free natural gas power plant in...

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Bio-inspired membrane captures 90% of CO2 in power plant emissions

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new biologically inspired membrane that can capture...

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Scientists create efficient fuel cell powered by solid carbon

Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have created a new fuel cell that generates clean, efficient electricity...

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18-year-old invents cheaper CO2 capture tech to fight climate change

Even with quick-paced developments in renewable energy, the world still produces the vast majority of its power...

Net Power, Houston, natural gas, carbon capture

World’s first zero-emissions fossil-fuel plant expected to go live in 2018

North Carolina-based NET Power is pioneering a novel approach to capturing carbon dioxide in its reportedly zero-emissions...

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China is fighting desertification with a Great Green Wall of trees

In a major geoengineering effort to fight back against ever-encroaching desert, China is planting trees to create...

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World’s first commercial carbon-sucking plant goes live in Zurich

Carbon capture is essential to the fight against climate change and keeping temperatures below a two-degree-Celsius...

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Groundbreaking technology affordably captures CO2 from fossil fuel plants

What if fossil fuels could be burned without pouring emissions into the air? Many people consider that idea to...

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World’s largest CO2 sink stores 27,000 grams of carbon per square meter

Natural areas that capture and store carbon on Earth are becoming an increasingly precious resource, and researchers...

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Breakthrough technology turns coal plant CO2 into baking powder

When it comes to mitigating the impact of modern civilization on our planet’s environment, many scientists and...

Researchers accidentally turn CO2 into ethanol

While governments around the world continue the long, hard work of regulating away the future use of fossil fuels,...

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“World’s most environmental” restaurant opens in San Francisco

A new restaurant that recently opened in San Francisco claims to be the most sustainable of its kind in the world....

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Researchers just discovered a massive body of water under China’s biggest desert

The Tarim basin in Xinjiang, China is a valley the size of Venezuela; bigger than California, New Mexico and Florida...

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This new material could efficiently turn greenhouse gases into fuel

Many scientists have been eager to explore the concept of carbon capture - and especially the concept of transforming...

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Fledgling startups want to suck greenhouse gases right out of the atmosphere

Carbon Engineering, a startup based in British Columbia, has big plans for this planet. Under the direction of...

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Skyonic to Transform Carbon Emissions into Baking Soda at Texas Facility

Photo via Shutterstock Texas-based company Skyonic hopes to make carbon capture profitable by turning pollutants...

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Pilot Plant That Converts Carbon Dioxide into Bricks is a World First

Image via Shutterstock A new pilot plant recently launched in Australia aims to combat global warming by converting...

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Colorado State Study Shows Beavers Build Natural Carbon Storage Shelters

Beaver photo from Shutterstock A team of researchers from Colorado State University has discovered that when...

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CIA Sponsors $630,000 Geoengineering Study to Protect Us from Mad Scientists

Image via Shutterstock Think about it: a mad scientist reads the same alarming news about rising seas and dying...

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China Announces Plans to Tax Carbon Emissions and Clean up Air Pollution!

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Scientists Propose Dumping Iron in the Sea to Slow Climate Change

Photo via Shutterstock Algae blooms can have positive and negative effects on the environment. While they can...

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Study Finds Western World Must Halve Meat Consumption To Feed Global Population By 2050

Meat in a Shop Window Photo from Shutterstock It is estimated that the world's population will reach 9.3 billion...

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NOTT-202: UK Scientists Create Metal-Organic Framework That Absorbs CO2

In a collaboration between the University of Nottingham and the University of Newcastle, the Diamond Light Source...

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NASA Study Says Air Pollution Controls Could Slow Climate Change and Boost Agriculture Yield

A recent NASA study completed in New York City at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) found that...

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Common Sugars Could Be Used to Capture Carbon Emissions at Their Source

Carbon capture technologies are a bit of a holy grail in green chemistry, and researchers from Northwestern University...

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Rwanda Taps Volcanic “Exploding Lake” for Power

Photo by Julien Harneis Rwanda is harnessing the natural gas in one of three known "exploding lakes" to generate...

Rocket Engine Technology Being Used to Capture Carbon

We all know that rocket science is cool - but did you know that it may also be a way to improve carbon capture...

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