Potential Leakage and Toxicity Problems with CO2 Sequestration

Results from a field test on CO2 sequestration in an old brine-filled oil reservoir suggest that the mixture of CO2 and brine dissolves minerals in the rock walls, including carbonate, that could lead to pathways in the rock through which the gas could escape. greencarcongress

Plans Across the Water: California and U.K. Strike Climate Deal

California and the U.K. government are preparing to create their own climate treaty that sidesteps the Bush administration’s official climate policy to create a trans-Atlantic market for greenhouse gases. California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and British prime minister Tony Blair on Monday announced their collaboration during their meeting in Los Angeles on Monday. They were joined […]

Task Force to Study Zero-Energy Homes

Austin Business Journal – Unsatisfied with being the official Capital of Texas and unofficial Live Music Capital of the World, the City of Austin now says it wants to be the “Clean Energy Capital” of the world. To further that end, Austin Energy says the city council will create and appoint a task force Aug. […]

‘What If I Just Start Snorting Baking Powder Instead?’

Grist Magazine – Speaking of sequestration: The journal Science points out today that even if we can sequester carbon dioxide, it may have bad side effects — like, say, poisoning our drinking water. Brilliant. So the engineering problems for CO2 sequestration are immense, it won’t work with existing plants, and even if it works some […]

USDA releases report on cost of ethanol production

THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM SUGAR IN THE UNITED STATES Major conclusions from this study relative to the economic feasibility of using sugar crops as a feedstock for ethanol production in the United States are:

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