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• Peak Coal in China — or Long, High Plateau?

  China coal power is one of the world’s largest single contributors to carbon dioxide emissions, which will likely need to be reduced to near-zero levels over the next few decades to manage climate change. So when two reports came out in the last few weeks that project a peak in…

  Electricity, Industry October 7, 2013

• Carbon Capture and Storage – Why It’s Essential

  EPA’s move last week to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants marks the beginning of an era of widespread use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in fossil power generation.  Going forward, in the absence of any other technology allowing emissions reductions, all new coal-fired power plants must…

  Industry, Technology September 25, 2013

• The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Has Some Excellent Advice for the President on Climate Change

  Two months ago, President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology issued a nine-page open letter to the President outlining six critical, common-sense pathways for the Administration to address global climate change during his second term. Released without much fanfare, the letter appears to have disappeared from public view,…

  Climate May 13, 2013

• Obama’s Second Term Climate Priorities

  In recent statements, President Obama has ranked addressing climate change one of his top three priorities for his second term. Win, place or show, the President has already offered up a two-track course forward: first, take immediate action on near-term greenhouse gas emission reductions; and, second, simultaneously launch a conversation…

  Climate, Policy January 10, 2013

• Seismicity and carbon storage: MIT responds to Zoback

  In the December 2012 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a published letter by MIT researchers Ruben Juanez, Howard Herzog and Brad Hagar provides several cogent geophysical counter-arguments to a 2012 PNAS Perspectives piece by Stanford researchers Mark Zoback and Steve Gorelick. The two had…

  Industry, Technology December 19, 2012

• The Dash for Gas – No Climate Cure Without CCS

  With the advent of unconventional gas technologies, the energy industry has turned toward natural gas as an alternative to coal, a step to energy independence and a solution to climate change worldwide. However, without CCS, natural gas will be unable to achieve needed reductions from the utility sector without carbon…

  Industry, Technology October 29, 2012

• Seismic Risk Won’t Threaten the Viability of Geologic Carbon Storage

  This week’s rumblings against carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a powerful means to mitigate global climate change come not from any natural geological source, but solely from an opinion piece published in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) Perspectives. Despite the arguments of two Stanford…

  Industry, Technology June 20, 2012

• Fracking and Geologic Carbon Storage Can Safely Coexist

  A recent paper by Princeton researchers published in Environmental Science and Technology questions the compatibility of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and geologic carbon storage and has received an unwarranted amount of attention. Despite the conclusions of the paper, the overwhelming evidence suggests that geologic storage can indeed coexist safely with other…

  Industry, Technology June 7, 2012