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Less than five years later, the landscape is markedly different. China's first near-zero-emissions coal plant won state approval this month -- an apparent formality, since construction already is far under way. Two other pilots are in the works, including one in inner Mongolia that could be the largest sequestration project in the world. Conferences on carbon capture in China now routinely feature high-level government and industry leaders.

DOE's program should be expanded to include R&D on technologies for CO2 capture at existing plants

DOE's program should be expanded to include R&D on technologies for CO2 capture at existing plants

This Wyoming article gives an interesting perspective on framing the CCS issue, especially for coal dependent states.

This Wyoming article gives an interesting perspective on framing the CCS issue, especially for coal dependent states.

Clean technologists are applauding Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu's recent announcement to restart the FutureGen project, which would be the first commercially-scaled coal-fired power plant in the world to capture carbon dioxide and store it...

Clean technologists are applauding Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu's recent announcement to restart the FutureGen project, which would be the first commercially-scaled coal-fired power plant in the world to capture carbon dioxide and store it...

Jim Rogers explains CCS to Stephen Cobert (see 19:37).

Jim Rogers explains CCS to Stephen Cobert (see 19:37).

New York moves forward on regulatory framework for CCS...''We will be working very hard to get two-house passage on this in the next three weeks. Once we do that, we will be able to demonstrate to the federal government that New York has prepared a statutory framework that will effectively deal with carbon capture and sequestration. I was very happy to see this bill come up from the governor's office.''

New York moves forward on regulatory framework for CCS...''We will be working very hard to get two-house passage on this in the next three weeks. Once we do that, we will be able to demonstrate to the federal government that New York has prepared a statutory framework that will effectively deal with carbon capture and sequestration. I was very happy to see this bill come up from the governor's office.''

Mantra Venture Group of Seattle is developing technology that will turn CO2 into formic acid, which is naturally produced by stinging ants who use it as a defense mechanism.

Formic acid could be used to power fuel cells.

Mantra Venture Group of Seattle is developing technology that will turn CO2 into formic acid, which is naturally produced by stinging ants who use it as a defense mechanism.

Formic acid could be used to power fuel cells.

SaskPower's planned Beaver Dam integrated CCS demo moves forward with an RFP for the turbine and generator.

SaskPower's planned Beaver Dam integrated CCS demo moves forward with an RFP for the turbine and generator.

discussions include collaboration on CCS

discussions include collaboration on CCS

Article reviews worldwide investment in CCS demonstrations.

Article reviews worldwide investment in CCS demonstrations.

Economist Jeffrey Sachs said carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology and nuclear energy will be necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change, comments made as part of a presentation at the Asia Society in New York Monday night.

“Carbon capture better work, because they [China] are not going to stop using coal,” said Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University and the author of The End of Poverty and Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, among other books