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Japan Plans Biggest Test of Carbon Capture North of Quake Site
2016-02-28 20:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Japan is preparing to test its biggest project yet for capturing and storing greenhouse gas pollution under the seabed despite concerns about cost and the safety of pursuing the technology in a region prone to earthquakes. Engineers plan to inject carbon dioxide into deep saline aquifers off the coast of Hokkaido at the northern tip of the nation starting in April. The gas will be siphoned away from a refinery operated by Idemitsu Kosan Co. under the government-backed project. Five years after...
Washington considers nation's first carbon emissions tax
2016-02-28 14:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Washington could become the first state in the nation to impose a direct tax on carbon emissions from fossil fuels such as coal, gasoline and natural gas. A ballot measure before the state Legislature would create a carbon tax of $25 per metric ton of fossil fuel emissions burned in Washington, while reducing taxes. Lawmakers have until the end of the session on March 10, to enact Initiative 732, offer an alternative proposal or automatically pass the carbon-tax measure to voters in November...
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Ontario carbon cap buried in the fine print
2016-02-26 14:09:10| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toronto Star: The Ontario government has set out the cap on carbon emissions permitted over the next five years as it brings in legislation to combat climate change. Buried in the fine print of the new legislation, released Thursday, Ontario has limited greenhouse gas emission allowances at 142.2 million metric tonnes in 2017, reducing it by 4.2 per cent each year until it hits 124.6 million metric tonnes by 2020. The province is bringing in the cap-and-trade program on Jan. 1, 2017, which will create limited...
EU Eyes Interlinked Carbon Markets From Calif to China
2016-02-26 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The European Union wants to work on a plan to introduce a global system of carbon markets to help reduce heat-trapping gases and encourage investment in clean technologies, according to EU energy union chief Maros Sefcovic. Were ready to explore with our international partners like China, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, California and South Korea the possibilities of a global system of linked markets, Sefcovic, who is European Commission Vice President for Energy Union, said in an interview on Thursday...
Optimizing biofuel production from algae using carbon dioxide emissions
2016-02-26 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The combustion of fossil fuels drives the world's energy production, but it also emits carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases. In recent years, researchers have worked to cultivate alternative, renewable energy sources, including using algae-based systems. Now, a team reports in ACS' journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research an optimized way of producing biofuel from algae that also removes CO2 emissions from the environment. Algae-based biorefineries only need nutrients, water,...
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