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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

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

This BBC article also includes discussion of the impact of Waxman-Markey and CCS on jobs in coal states.

This BBC article also includes discussion of the impact of Waxman-Markey and CCS on jobs in coal states.

The first UK pilot of carbon capture technology on a working coal-fired power plant has started in Scotland. Energy company Scottish Power, which runs the plant, plans to use this small-scale trial to test the science behind carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

The first UK pilot of carbon capture technology on a working coal-fired power plant has started in Scotland. Energy company Scottish Power, which runs the plant, plans to use this small-scale trial to test the science behind carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

As part of Norway’s contribution to the EEA Financial Mechanisms, the Government will earmark EUR 140 million over five years for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in selected EU member states. This is part of the already allocated Norwegian contribution to the EU.

As part of Norway’s contribution to the EEA Financial Mechanisms, the Government will earmark EUR 140 million over five years for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in selected EU member states. This is part of the already allocated Norwegian contribution to the EU.

The CEO of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP <KMP.N> said on Tuesday that the pipeline giant will not enter the market to sock away heat-trapping greenhouse gases in underground reservoirs unless the U.S. government settles who is legally liable if the gas leaks out.

The CEO of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP <KMP.N> said on Tuesday that the pipeline giant will not enter the market to sock away heat-trapping greenhouse gases in underground reservoirs unless the U.S. government settles who is legally liable if the gas leaks out.

The North Sea’s potential for carbon capture storage (CCS) is the subject of a new bi-lateral study by the UK and Norway, as part of the ongoing drive to provide a route to the deployment of the technology in Europe. Meeting at the recent Climate Change and Technology conference in Bergen, ministers agreed to commission the investigation as well as raise the profile of CCS as a green technology worldwide.

The North Sea’s potential for carbon capture storage (CCS) is the subject of a new bi-lateral study by the UK and Norway, as part of the ongoing drive to provide a route to the deployment of the technology in Europe. Meeting at the recent Climate Change and Technology conference in Bergen, ministers agreed to commission the investigation as well as raise the profile of CCS as a green technology worldwide.

Climate Envoy Stern said he expected no signed document from meetings he will have in China next week, but that in the future, the areas for possible partnership include energy efficiency, electric vehicles and carbon capture and storage.

Climate Envoy Stern said he expected no signed document from meetings he will have in China next week, but that in the future, the areas for possible partnership include energy efficiency, electric vehicles and carbon capture and storage.

The just-concluded legislative session also passed legislation regarding carbon sequestration and pore spaces that causes some concern for Skarphol. The legislation states the pore spaces below the surface where CO2 may be stored are owned by the surface owner

The just-concluded legislative session also passed legislation regarding carbon sequestration and pore spaces that causes some concern for Skarphol. The legislation states the pore spaces below the surface where CO2 may be stored are owned by the surface owner

The draft agreement, drawn up by Holdren and Chandler late last year, has three main points: the US and China will use existing technologies to cut carbon emissions by 20 per cent by 2010; they will cooperate on new technologies including carbon capture and storage and better fuel efficiency in vehicles; and they will both join the global agreement in Copenhagen in December. This US-Chinese draft has not been signed, but Xie has agreed to it.

The draft agreement, drawn up by Holdren and Chandler late last year, has three main points: the US and China will use existing technologies to cut carbon emissions by 20 per cent by 2010; they will cooperate on new technologies including carbon capture and storage and better fuel efficiency in vehicles; and they will both join the global agreement in Copenhagen in December. This US-Chinese draft has not been signed, but Xie has agreed to it.

North West Upgrading has a contractually related company, Enhance Energy Inc., where Mr. MacGregor is also the chairman. It would capture greenhouse gas from the upgrader and pipe it to oil fields in the Red Deer area of Central Alberta, where it would be injected into a reservoir owned by Fairborne Energy Ltd. to boost oil production.

Enhance is building a 250-kilometre pipeline between the Heartland area and the Red Deer area. Its goal is to eventually build a pipeline system to match greenhouse gas emitters with mature oil fields.

Enhanced oil recovery could yield an additional 1.1 billion barrels of oil from mature reservoirs in Southern Alberta and dispose of two billion tonnes of CO2, or the equivalent of permanently taking 2.6 million cars off the road, Mr. MacGregor said.

"We think this is going to be a really big-scale business," Mr. MacGregor said. "It will be the largest CCS project in the world."