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Monday, July 2, 2012

CBO: Carbon capture efforts aren't going so well


CBO: Carbon capture efforts aren't going so well
Washington Post (blog)
Coal may be dying in the United States, but it's still the world's preferred fuel for generating electricity — especially in China and India. And that's why many energy experts think it's so crucial to figure out how to capture carbon from all those ...

EPA Rule Would Spell End of the Dirty Coal Age

JD Supra (press release) -
The US Environmental Protection Agency is mulling a common-sense rule that, for the first time, would set caps on the carbon pollutants that future fossil fuel-fired power plants may lawfully emit. Carbon dioxide emissions from new plants would be ...

Carbon Capture, Storage Too Expensive, Commercial Outlook Dim, CBO Says

Bloomberg BNA -
Key Development: CBO says carbon capture and storage technologies will not be commercially viable unless the government sets a price on carbon or restricts emissions. By Avery Fellow Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is still too expensive to be ...
 

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