Norway bets on CO2 capture, storage despite risks

Norway sees carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a leading weapon to combat climate change and says the Sleipner field where it has buried carbon for 13 years demonstrates the technology is safe.

Global carbon market doubled in 2008, cut less CO2

The global market for carbon emissions trading doubled in value last year, but actual realised emissions cuts fell as the global economic slowdown dented clean energy financing, the World Bank said on Wednesday.

Why the Right to Emit Carbon Dioxide Is Given Away in U.S. Climate Change Bill

A massive climate bill has taken its first step forward in the House, its path paved by the giveaway of allowances — free greenhouse gas emission permits designed to mute the economic impact of a carbon cap-and-trade program.

Carbon plan promises bonanza for Australia forestry

Australia’s forestry firms are poised for major growth from emissions trading plans that could give the sector a multi-million dollar boost when it becomes the first to kick off a nationwide scheme to cut carbon pollution.

CO2 absorption of Europe’s forests in jeopardy

Europe’s forests are an important factor in the CO2 cycle. Woodland accounts for no less than 35 percent of Europe’s surface area and absorbs 10 percent of total CO2 emissions. But the economic crisis could disturb the balance by threatening the wood industry, which is the motor behind sustainable forestry.

CO2 absorption of Europe’s forests in jeopardy

Europe’s forests are an important factor in the CO2 cycle. Woodland accounts for no less than 35 percent of Europe’s surface area and absorbs 10 percent of total CO2 emissions. But the economic crisis could disturb the balance by threatening the wood industry, which is the motor behind sustainable forestry.

Carbon capture success in Wisconsin

Capturing the carbon dioxide that wafts up the smokestack after burning coal (or any other fossil fuel) has been identified by everyone from President Obama to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as a critical technology to help keep the lights on while combating climate change. And now there has been yet another successful demonstration that the technology to capture that CO2 from flue gas might actually work: chilled ammonia can capture more than 88 percent of the greenhouse gas before it goes up the smokestack.

Environmental Edge for Concrete Rail Ties Over Wooden Ones

Observant commuters may notice that in some rail systems, traditional wooden ties are being replaced with those made from reinforced concrete.

EPA sued over acid oceans

Mounting scientific concerns over the acidification of the ocean and its impact on marine life and fishing stocks could soon be voiced in court after non-profit environmental group the Center for Biological Diversity announced it is to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over ocean water quality levels.