Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Focus on Carbon Management

Climate campaigners have warned ministers to reject plans to extend a power plant in Aberdeenshire. (John Giles/PA)
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Campaigners urge rejection of new gas-burning power plant in Scotland

Expansion of Scottish power station includes new gas burning, but operators say carbon capture plant will slash emissions.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will join an event outlining the government's vision for 'high-integrity' carbon markets, aimed at boosting confidence in a system that critics have panned as greenwashing (AFP)
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US to unveil ‘guardrails’ needed for carbon markets to succeed

President Biden's administration is set to unveil "guardrails" that will ensure carbon offset markets effectively reduce emissions.

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EU clears Net Zero Industry Act to boost domestic green tech production

BRUSSELS — European Union governments formally cleared on Monday a new law designed to ensure the bloc produces 40% of its solar panels,...

FILE PHOTO: The logo of commodities trader Glencore is pictured in front of the company's headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, July 18, 2017.  REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
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Glencore carbon storage project blocked over groundwater risk

Glencore said the decision, made by the Australian state of Queensland, was the result of misinformation and political opportunism

An energy-from-waste plant in Ferrybridge, U.K. Photo by Rose Galloway Green on Unsplash
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Using carbon capture for energy-from-waste: ‘Low-hanging fruit’ for the UK?

The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies has published a paper examining the business case for using carbon capture and storage to reduce emissions...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump greets Harold Hamm after he was introduced by Hamm at the Shale Insight 2019 Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., October 23, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
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Oil executives to host Trump fundraiser in Houston

Drillers tend to back Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel and anti-regulation agenda and have been critical of President Joe Biden’s efforts to phase out...

The Suncor Energy Centre picture in downtown Calgary, Alta., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Suncor not rushing to secure additional supply for Base Plant oilsands facilities

Suncor Energy Inc. says it will be more than five years before it makes any significant investments to secure additional bitumen supply to...

FILE PHOTO: XPENG Motors (Guangzou Xiaopeng Motors Technology) logo is seen in this illustration taken Jan. 16, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Xpeng says US tariffs on Chinese EV detrimental to meeting carbon neutrality

The overseas expansion is overshadowed by an anti-subsidy probe launched by the EU into EV imports from China, as well as U.S. tariff...

The research found a carbon transport and storage sector could be worth £300 million annually by 2042 (PA)
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Scotland could see significant economic gains from carbon capture: study

Carbon capture and storage could create thousands of jobs in Scotland and provide an economic boost worth hundreds of millions of pounds –...

Pathways Alliance CEO Kendall Dilling is interviewed at the World Petroleum Congress in Calgary, Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canadian groups, First Nation want public hearing on Pathways Alliance carbon capture plans

The groups say they want the regulator to hold a public hearing on the Pathways Alliance's proposed $16.5-billion carbon capture network in Canada's...

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