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WRI Applauds Midwestern Effort to Fight Climate Change

June 8, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Climate experts at the World Resources Institute (WRI) applaud the six Midwestern governors and Manitoban premier who have released today recommendations for a regional cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Governments Investing in CCS Demonstrations

By Sarah Forbes and Stephanie Hanson on June 8, 2009

Recent global action to fund carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is unprecedented. (Update: U.S. FutureGen Project revived.)

Summary of S. 1013: Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2009

By Sarah Forbes on May 11, 2009

S. 1013 authorizes the Department of Energy to conduct a program to demonstrate ten commercial-scale integrated geologic storage projects, and provides a framework for selection criteria for these demonstrations. Importantly, the bill addresses the long term-stewardship challenges associated with demonstration, including both long-term monitoring requirements and liability protection.

Summary of H.R. 1689: Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act

By Sarah Forbes on May 11, 2009

H.R. 1689, the Carbon Capture and Storage Early Deployment Act, introduced by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) in March 2009, is designed to accelerate the development and early deployment of carbon capture and storage technologies by providing a funding mechanism for commercial-scale demonstrations that is outside the traditional appropriations process.

Carbon Capture & Sequestration Flow Chart

May 5, 2009

Carbon capture and sequestration, or CCS, involves the capture of CO2 from power plants and other large industrial sources, its transportation to suitable locations, and injection into deep undergroun

Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage and the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

By Sarah Forbes on April 21, 2009

Carbon Capture and Storage Critical to U.S. Climate Legislation, Says WRI’s Sarah Forbes

April 21, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

A briefing this morning on Capitol Hill examined the many outstanding questions about carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS).

FutureGen And The Department of Energy's Advanced Coal Programs

March 11, 2009

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Sinks, 2006

March 3, 2009

Forests are one of three major approaches for reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere (the other two are energy efficiency and low-carbon energy sources).

Ensuring Safe Carbon Capture and Storage in China

By Sarah Forbes on March 2, 2009

Tsinghua University is partnering with WRI to develop guidelines for China’s deployment of CCS technology.

Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on Coal?

By Deborah Seligsohn and Sarah Forbes on January 28, 2009

Energy Secretary Stephen Chu’s testimony reminds us that the coal challenge is global, and its solutions must be global too.

Guidelines for Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport, and Storage

Sarah Forbes, World Resources Institute; Preeti Verma, World Resources Institute; Thomas E. Curry, M.J. Bradley and Associates LLC; Dr. S. Julio Friedmann, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Sarah M. Wade, AJW, Inc.

October, 2008

The World Resources Institute (WRI) convened a diverse group of over 80 stakeholders to develop Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) Guidelines to ensure CCS projects are conducted safely and effectively.

Carbon Capture and Storage: Part of the 'Silver Buckshot' on Climate Change?

By Payson Schwin on October 21, 2008

The future role of carbon capture and storage (CCS) was a featured topic at this year’s Society of Environmental Journalists Conference.

Forest Industry Must Act to Benefit from Climate Policy

June 30, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

While there are risks for the forest products industry, it largely stands to gain from efforts to address global warming due to new opportunities for sustainable forestry, according to a report released here today by the World Resources Institute.

Can Capturing Carbon Become a Reality?

By Hiranya Fernando on June 6, 2008
Location: Washington, DC

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is both hailed as a “silver bullet” for the coal industry, and reviled as a pipe dream. The reality is that the U.S. needs CCS, and a comprehensive policy framework for rapid development and deployment.

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