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February 3, 2012
Canada, Alberta To Announce New Oil Sands Monitoring
January 2012
A Policy Strategy for Carbon Capture & Storage, IEA
January 31, 2012
Carbon-storage experiment shows no leakage
January 17, 2012
Leading CCS project appoints BNP Paribas for £4bn funding effort
January 16, 2012
China Orders 7 Pilot Cities And Provinces To Set CO2 Caps
January 13, 2012
Global CCS Institute supports key Australian carbon capture and storage initiatives
January 12, 2012
Investigations find no evidence of leaks at Weyburn
January 11, 2012
Will CCS help reduce oil sands GHG emissions?
January 6, 2012
Ottawa backtracks on coal emissions
December 19, 2011
B&W Awarded $2.8 Million in DOE Funding for Carbon Capture Research
December 16, 2011
Carbon capture project is on time and budget
December 16, 2011
Big machine on way to Estevan
December 14, 2011
Scientists verify effectiveness of carbon capture and storage
December 13, 2011
No man-made CO2 found at farm; Kerr property tests come up negative
December 13, 2011
The Kerr Investigation: Final Report
Findings of the investigation into the impact of CO2 on the Kerr Property in Saskatchewan, Canada
November 30, 2011
UK’s first Carbon Capture plant opens at Ferrybridge Power Station
November 29, 2011
Cenovus releases Weyburn site assessment findings
Scientists confirm CO2 used in oil production remains underground
November 28, 2011
Third-party studies confirm CO2 used in our Weyburn operations remains underground
November 28, 2011
Cenovus to release Weyburn site assessment findings
November 28, 2011
CCS Awareness and Acceptance Higher in Sask. than Europe
November 23, 2011
Alberta bets on dubious carbon capture plan
November 15, 2011
Alberta backs away from carbon capture
November 15, 2011
U.S. Dep't of Energy-Funded Projects Yield Critical Data in Development of Technologies to Reduce Carbon Dioxide Emissions
November 8, 2011
Australia Imposes Carbon Taxes
November 1, 2011
Shell’s Quest CCS Project Certified for Safe CO2 Storage
October 22, 2011
Saskatchewan is moving forward on carbon capture technologies
October 22, 2011
PTRC: Imagining the future of hydrocarbons in Saskatchewan
October 2011
Alberta Launches its CCS Education Website "Solutions Start Here"
September 28, 2011
Weyburn Energy and Innovation Centre to Educate Public in World Leading CO2 Project
September 21, 2011
IEAGHG Weyburn‐Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project Received Achievement Award from the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum in China
September 21, 2011
World-Class Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Honored by International Body
September 20, 2011
Carbon capture and storage has great potential in industrial applications
CCS is a cost-effective option for reducing CO2 emissions, IEA and UNIDO say in joint report
September 18, 2011
Researchers Say CO2 Storage Health Fears Are Unfounded
September 16, 2011
Bellona Recommendations for optimizing the CO2 value chain
September 16, 2011
Carbon Capture & Storage - Capture starts at Barry pilot
August 22, 2011
Research team developing tools for secure carbon storage
August 19, 2011
Canada's Environment Minister Announces Important Step Towards Reducing Electricity Sector Emissions / Le ministre de l'Environnement du Canada annonce des mesures importantes en vue de réduire les émissions du secteur de l'électricité
August 18, 2011
A Quest to Clean Up Canada's Oil Sands Carbon
August 2, 2011
Harper Government Launches New Clean Energy Innovation Initiative / Le gouvernement Harper lance une nouvelle initiative pour l’innovation en matière d’énergie propre
July 30, 2011
Province invests $285 million in carbon capture
July 28, 2011
Romania identifies 22 giga tonnes CO2 storage potential
July 27, 2011
Work nears on pipeline to carry CO2 to Wyoming, Montana oil fields
July 19, 2011
Cost and inefficiency to be tackled in new CCS pilot project
July 13, 2011
SaskPower awards $30 million contract to Stantec
June 28, 2011
Caber Engineering Helps to Reduce Canada's Carbon Footprint
June 24, 2011
Shell, governments agree funding for Canadian CO2 storage project
June 21, 2011
IEA Carbon Capture and Storage Legal and Regulatory Review- Edition 2
June 20, 2011
New CO2 capture system being tested
June 13, 2011
Alta. funds carbon capture education
June 10, 2011
Carbon Storage Project Moves into Deep-Drilling Phase
June 9, 2011
Canada rejects Kyoto extension
June 7, 2011
National Carbon Capture Center Launches Post-Combustion Test Center
May 19, 2011
Canada's greenhouse gas emissions dip
April 26, 2011
Sask. government approves $1.24 billion clean-coal project
April 19, 2011
Probe to begin in June on alleged leak of captured CO2 at Saskatchewan farm
March 23, 2011
Licensing Agreement Moves Two NETL-Patented Carbon Capture Sorbents Closer to Commercialization
March 17, 2011
Government of Canada backs clean coal power generation / Le gouvernement du Canada finance un projet de production d’énergie au charbon propre
March 12, 2011
Province appoints panel for carbon capture review
March 9, 2011
The Global CCS Institute is pleased to announce the release of The Global Status of CCS: 2010 report
March 9, 2011
Global carbon capture projects increase by 10% in 2010, according to report
March 1, 2011
Enel: Inauguration of Italy's First CCS Pilot Plant in Brindisi
February 28, 2011
FutureGen Alliance selects Morgan County, Ill. as the site for the FutureGen 2.0 carbon storage facility
February 16, 2011
Heartland project supports carbon capture for enhanced conventional oil recovery
February 14, 2011
President Requests $520.7 Million for Fossil Energy Programs
February 3, 2011
NETL-Developed Process for Capturing CO2 Emissions Wins National Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer
archived news
Latest Feature Articles / Publications
Nanotechnology meets CO2 capture
GE Global Research is looking at ways of using the things they’ve learned from their Nanotechnology research program to reduce the cost of capturing CO2
Carbon Capture and Storage - A partial, but vital climate change solution
Malcom Wilson, University of Regina
Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage: A Canadian Clean Energy Opportunity
A Summary Report by the ICO2N group of companies
October 2009
2008 Carbon Sequestration Atlas II of the United States and Canada ― Version 2
NETL
more articles / publications
NEWSLETTERS
feature articles include:
- Shell Quest Open Houses Set the Bar High for Public Engagement on CCS
- Alberta introduces legislation to facilitate large-scale injection
- International Performance Assessment Centre for the Geologic Storage of CO2
feature articles include:
- CO2 Capture & Storage in Canada
- Canada Swan Hills Synfuels ISCG Project, Alberta Canada
- “Nature’s Power for Carbon Capture” A Breakthrough, Made-in-Canada Capture Innovation
- Unique CO2 Capture Facility Opens
- Project Pioneer - Making Coal a Carbon-Neutral Fuel
- CO2 Storage Developments in the Province of Québec
- Shell’s Proposed Carbon Capture and Storage Project to Reduce CO2 by Over One Million Tonnes/Yr
- Alberta Investing in Transformative Technologies
TEACHING RESOURCES
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