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Captured Carbon Can Be Safely Stored Underground: Study

Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory claim that large-scale underground storage is safer than previously thought.READ»

The Problem With Carbon Capture: CO2 Doesn't Always Stay Captured

It could be the answer to global warming -- but researchers at Duke University say captured carbon could also leak into groundwater aquifers, rendering water undrinkable.READ»

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It's Official: FutureGen Clean Coal Project to Receive $1 Billion in DOE Funding

With a formal commitment for $1 billion from the DOE announced this week, FutureGen might just make it off the ground.READ»

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Coal Glo: GE Scientists Use Hair Product Ingredients to Capture Carbon

The next time you wash your hair, think about this: the same ingredients that make your hair super-shiny can also scrub carbon dioxide from the air. Scientists at GE Global Research have discovered that aminosilicones--active ...READ»

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DOE, Investors Give $3 Billion to Carbon Capture Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that it wants to speed up the implementation of carbon capture and storage with a $3 billion grant for three large-scale CCS projects.READ»

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GE Launching World's Largest Carbon Capture Experiment

Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is the bane of the environmental community--nobody really knows if it works on a large scale, but the technology is critical (PDF file) if we want to reach emissions reduction goals. Now GE Oil ...READ»

It's Baaack: DOE's Clean Coal Plant Revived

Does clean coal exist?  We might soon have the chance to find out now that the U.S. Department of Energy's FutureGen clean coal plant project has been revived. FutureGen's future appeared grim last year when the Bush ...READ»