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Generating Electricity From Buried Carbon

Jamming carbon deep underground has long been a proposed solution to our emissions problems, but it's expensive and rarely used. Now we can use the Earth's heat to make that gas work for us.READ»

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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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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»

Sandia's Sunshine-to-Petrol Machine Turns CO2 Into Fuel

Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a questionable technology at best, so it's a good thing that scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have come up with a potential alternative--the Sunshine to Petrol machine, which ...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»