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March 22, 2010
Coal company invests in CO2-to-cement ventureThe world's largest coal company is injecting $15 million into a novel technology that converts carbon dioxide from coal- and natural gas-burning power plants into cement.
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March 21, 2010
Mixing in some carbonIt seems like alchemy: a Silicon Valley start-up says it has found a way to capture the carbon dioxide emissions from coal and gas power plants and lock them into cement. If it works on a mass scale, the company, Calera, could turn that carbon into gold.
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March 18, 2010
Capito: Proposed bill would rein in EPA on regulating greenhouse gasesIn recent weeks, my fellow delegation members joined our state's rallying cry in opposition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's push to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act and have signed onto legislation to make it known.
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March 18, 2010
Funding aimed at helping carbon sequestration proposalThe Wyoming Legislature recently appropriated $45 million in federal Abandoned Mine Land funds to the University of Wyoming for continued work on carbon sequestration.
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March 17, 2010
U.K. says carbon-capture projects to add 100,000 jobsPrime Minister Gordon Brown’s government said carbon-capture and storage projects may add 6.5 billion pounds ($10 billion) a year to the U.K. economy and create 100,000 jobs by 2030
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March 16, 2010
US, Australia call for cooperation in clean coalA week out from US President Barack Obama's first visit Down Under, a senior Democrat says Australia has a key role to play in helping to deliver on the US administration's global clean coal agenda.
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March 16, 2010
Clinton rallies Dems on climate billFormer President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats to pass a climate bill this year during their weekly luncheon on Tuesday, arguing that legislation would spur innovation and create new jobs.
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March 16, 2010
Clinton warns U.S. may trail in energy raceFormer President Bill Clinton told lawmakers the U.S. may fall behind China in the race to dominate the global market for clean energy unless Congress passes climate-change legislation, two senators said.
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March 16, 2010
Wyoming carbon storage project became largest effort In USWhat started out as an experiment, according to Anadarko Petroleum Corp., is now the biggest carbon storage project in North America.
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March 16, 2010
DOE awards Texas firm agreement to build coal-gasification projectThe U.S. Department of Energy announced last week that it awarded a cooperative agreement to Summit Texas Clean Energy LLC to design, build and demonstrate a coal-gasification plant.
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