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Chairman of Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute Emphasizes CCS Technology's Critical Role in Fighting Climate Change

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:29:51 GMT

"Some 20 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions reductions necessary between now and 2050 can be achieved through CCS, according to the International Energy Agency.

"But for that reduction to become reality, we need to have more than 3,000 projects operational over the next four decades, trapping and burrowing away a volume of carbon dioxide equivalent to twice the volume of oil and gas the world currently extracts each year. …

"So CCS isn't optional - it's essential...

"Critics like to say we don't know enough about CCS, but this is untrue. A handful of commercial-scale CCS projects have been operational in Norway, Canada and Algeria for nearly as long as two decades. Vast learning is available from those successful projects, but not widely shared...

"There is no doubt that we will also need to try and have exchanges with each other - either on where we stand personally on CCS, and on where we stand politically, and where we stand on the global issues that confront us at this time. What is important is that we keep moving forward to try and ensure that CCS is at the forefront of our thinking."

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Reports Link Execution of CCS to Avoiding Climate Change

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:10:02 GMT

Bellona details the recommendations of a report by the Clean Air Task Force, urging the Obama administration to move on ensuring "timely realization of the full potential of CCS." The report concluded that "during a 10-year period between 2040 and 2050, the power sector would need to double the emissions reduction rates achieved in previous decades in order to meet mid-century climate stabilization targets," which "will be impossible without necessary CCS infrastructure in place and lower technology costs." The report also "stresses that the fate of global climate may depend on finding ways to burn coal without emitting CO2. It "recommends a $20 billion funding plan to finance about 30 ‘pioneer' CCS projects by 2018 to overcome technical uncertainties."

The Hindu Business Line reports the release of a similar report by the International Energy Agency, which stated "that without new policies fossil fuels will continue to provide most of the world's energy needs, with energy-related CO2 emissions almost doubling to 57 Gigatonnes (Gt) by 2050." An IEA official said "Increasing energy efficiency and carbon capture and storage (CCS) would be two key options available to stakeholders including governments."

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Moore Capito Calls for EPA to Halt "Assault" on Coal Industry

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:40:22 GMT

In a commentary for Politico, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), co-founder of the Congressional Coal Caucus, wrote that Washington, via the Environmental Protection Agency, "continues to push an anti-coal agenda" that "amounts to an assault on an industry that employs more than 500,000 hardworking Americans and supplies nearly half of America's electricity." The "EPA's attempts to control climate change through regulation and stall the approval of mining permits can only lead to coal states like West Virginia bearing the brunt of poorly thought-out policies that translate into greater job loss and higher energy costs." The state is already "feeling the burden of excessive regulation with no consideration of our future." The "out-of-control regulation authority will cost American jobs, increase energy prices and threaten our national security."

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