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Seven Carbon Capture Policy Priorities for the Biden-Harris Administration
“We should be moving toward finding the new technologies that are going to be able to deal with carbon capture”, said President-elect Joe Biden in his town hall conversation, identifying carbon capture technologies as crucial to a pathway to deliver regional economic opportunities, create jobs, and achieve net-zero emissions by…
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CATF Comments on the Inception Impact Assessment for Amendment of the EU ETS
CATF applauds the European Commission for its plans to increase the ambition of the EU’s 2030 climate goals to ensure carbon neutrality by mid-century. CATF also commends the European Commission for pursuing policy innovation on the road to net-zero emissions by mid-century. CATF is grateful for the opportunity to provide…
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CATF’s Statement on UK Green Recovery Plan
CLEAN AIR TASK FORCE SUPPORTS UK GOVERNMENT’S GREEN RECOVERY PLAN FOR ITS EMPHASIS ON ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN CALLS OUT CARBON CAPTURE AND HYDROGEN AS KEY TECHNOLOGIES IN CLIMATE MITIGATION EFFORTS LONDON, November 18, 2020 — Clean Air Task Force (CATF) finds a great deal of optimism in the UK government’s Green…
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A New Study on Electric Reliability under Deep Decarbonization in New England
A new study, carried out by the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) and Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), is a thoughtful and rigorous analysis of what could be required to achieve net-zero economy-wide GHG emissions in New England, emphasizing the need to substantially expand the region’s electric sector, the importance of…
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CATF Comments on a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
CATF applauds the European Commission for its plans to increase the ambition of the EU’s 2030 climate goals to ensure carbon neutrality by mid-century. CATF also commends the European Commission for pursuing policy innovation on the road to net-zero emissions by mid-century. CATF is grateful for the opportunity to provide…
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As Europe Progresses Net-Zero Infrastructure US Risks Technology Leadership
Last month the International Energy Agency made headlines with a stark warning about the potential climate impacts of failing to commercialize carbon capture technologies, concluding that it will be “virtually impossible” to reach net-zero emissions without carbon capture. The IEA’s latest carbon capture report also reckoned that with ample geologic…
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Norwegian Government Proposes the Launch of Landmark Carbon Capture Project
Oslo – Clean Air Task Force welcomes the Government of Norway’s proposal to launch a carbon capture and storage project in Norway called Longship. The government white paper submitted to the Norwegian Parliament proposes to fund the carbon capture facility at the Norcem cement factory in Norway, while the second facility evaluated,…
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Storing CO2: Planning Tomorrow’s Net-Zero Infrastructure
Experts say that carbon capture to decarbonize energy-intensive industries and reduce historical emissions is an essential part of the world’s pathway to a net-zero emissions future. What is often overlooked, however, is the urgent need to develop CO2 storage infrastructure in saline formations today. After all, how would capturing CO2 from factories or the air reduce…
