The Key to Safe and Effective Carbon Sequestration

Some rock acts as a natural stopper to buried carbon dioxide.

To the dismay of environmentalists, coal is still king in the U.S. electricity market. Nearly 50 percent of the electric power in this country comes from burning coal to create steam that drives electricity-generating turbines. Coal-burning power plants in the United States emit about 2.1 billion tons of carbon dioxide each year


Now, a British geologist