carbon sequestration News
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DOE releases methodology used to estimate carbon dioxide storage potential
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released its Methodology for Development of Geologic Storage Estimates for Carbon Dioxide, a document that details the procedures used to produce the geologic resource estimates for carbon dioxide (CO2) storage potential in the soon-to-be-released 2008 Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada (Atlas II). DOE expects to release the updated ...
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DOE announces release of second carbon sequestration atlas
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the release of its second Carbon Sequestration Atlas of the United States and Canada, which documents more than 3,500 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage potential in oil and gas reservoirs, coal seams, and saline formations. Preliminary estimates suggest the availability of more than 1,100 years of CO2 storage for the United States ...
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New Jersey joins the Energy Department`s carbon sequestration regional partnership program
The State of New Jersey is the newest member of the U.S. Department of Energy's Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership program—the centerpiece of national efforts to validate and deploy carbon sequestration technologies. The addition of New Jersey, the 43rd state to join the program, helps strengthen U.S. efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change. New Jersey—along ...
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Trees show that growing is not putting on weight!
An international consortium led by scientists of the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) has shown that mechanisms involved in tree growth are in action at different times. First, the tree gets bigger due to the production and enlargement of woody cells; then the cell walls are reinforced, which increases the tree’s mass. These results, published in Nature Plants on ...
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Trade-offs in ecosystem services in Central and Eastern Europe
Researchers have developed a new approach for identifying regions that are most suitable for expanding ecosystem services. This could be used to help inform spatial planning decisions. By modelling ecosystem services’ opportunity costs in relation to agricultural revenue, the study provides a map of suitable areas of ecosystem service expansion in Eastern Europe. Understanding where ...
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Major industries link with green groups in search of quick fix for global warming
In response to a relentless stream of bad news about global warming, a cluster of major industries has formed a loose partnership with big environmental groups, prestigious universities, philanthropic foundations, and the U.S. federal government - all promoting a technical quick-fix for global warming called carbon sequestration. Carbon sequestration is a plan to capture and bury as much as 10 ...
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U.S. EPA Approves Carbon Sequestration Permit in Decatur, Illinois
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a permit allowing the Archer Daniels Midland Company to inject carbon dioxide deep underground in Decatur, Illinois. This process – known as “carbon sequestration” – is a means of storing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. ADM plans to capture carbon dioxide produced by an ethanol ...
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New science gauges potential to store CO2
A new method to assess the US's potential for storing carbon dioxide could lead to techniques for lessening the impacts of climate change, according to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, who praised a U.S. Geological Survey report in an energy teleconference today. The USGS released the report to describe its methodology to assess the nation's potential for carbon sequestration--the ...
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DOE project starts CO2 sequestration in New Mexico coalbed
The US Department of Energy (DOE) and its Southwest Regional Partnership (SWP) recently began injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) in a large coalbed while simultaneously recovering valuable natural gas. The SWP plans to inject up to 35,000 tons of CO2 in a 6-month demonstration at the San Juan Basin near Navajo City, N.M. Unlike other enhanced coalbed methane recovery projects, this demonstration ...
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U.S. EPA Approves Carbon Sequestration Permits in Central Illinois
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved permits allowing the FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc. to inject carbon dioxide deep underground near Jacksonville, Illinois. This process – known as “carbon sequestration” – is a means of storing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. These four identical permits are the nation’s ...
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Peatland loss is making the oil sands carbon footprint more visible
The loss of peatlands covering the oil sands in the Canadian province of Alberta causes carbon emissions of a magnitude between 11 and 47 mton. These figures of the Albertan University were published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The Canadian scientist calculated that these peatland-carbon losses will be equal to the already huge emissions of 7 years of oil ...
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Old oil fields may be less prone to induced earthquakes, providing stable places for carbon storage
USA: Subsurface carbon sequestration—storing carbon in rocks deep underground—offers a partial solution for removing carbon from the atmosphere. Used alongside emissions reductions, geologic carbon sequestration could help mitigate anthropogenic climate change. But like other underground operations, it comes with risks—including earthquakes. Geophysicists are still working to ...
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U.S. EPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Carbon Sequestration Permits in Central Illinois
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting public comment on proposed permits that would allow the FutureGen Industrial Alliance Inc. to inject carbon dioxide deep underground near Jacksonville, Illinois. This process – known as “carbon sequestration” – is a means of storing carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. The proposed ...
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EPA awards regional environmental education grants (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded $190,000 in grants for projects to enhance environmental education and awareness in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio. These annual grants are given to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, community groups, tribes, schools and universities. “EPA is pleased to support innovative programs that help increase ...
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The Role of Biochar Machine in the Carbon Credit Market
As the world grapples with the escalating challenges of climate change, carbon credits have emerged as a powerful tool in the fight against greenhouse gas emissions. In this pursuit of a carbon-neutral future, innovative technologies like the biochar machine have gained significance as sustainable solutions that not only sequester carbon but also earn valuable carbon credits. In this article, we ...
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DOE partnership completes successful CO2 injection test in the Mount Simon sandstone
The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP), one of seven partnerships in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program, has successfully injected 1,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the Mount Simon Sandstone, a deep saline formation that is widespread across much of the Midwest. Preliminary results indicate that the formation ...
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A straightforward approach to assessing urban ecosystem services
Ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change relies on the services provided by nature; new research has now demonstrated the wide potential of urban ecosystem services to aid local adaptation efforts. This study developed and trialled a streamlined method for assessing ecosystem services, such as temperature reduction and carbon sequestration, in four European cities, providing a valuable tool ...
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UN meeting reaches agreement on measuring desertification
The world's countries have agreed to a minimum set of indicators for monitoring and assessing the extent of desertification, drought and land degradation in what a United Nations official has called a “groundbreaking achievement” in the battle against a problem afflicting nations on every continent. After two weeks of negotiations involving hundreds of scientists, government ministers and ...
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Sustainably managed drylands can help address climate change
Maintaining and restoring the world's drylands or arid zones could provide a win-win option for addressing climate change, according to new research. Drylands not only store large amounts of carbon, but improving how they are managed could reduce the vulnerability of ecosystems and humans. Drylands are characterised by low and erratic rainfall; examples are the African Sahel, Australian Outback ...
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U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and capture, regionally
A new report, Agriculture’s Role in Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Capture, commissioned by the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, examines the evidence for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and sequestration in America’s major agroecosystems. The report summarizes current knowledge of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide ...
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