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Simon Harrison

Q&A: carbon capture and storage - 0 views

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    What is carbon capture and storage? The technology is designed to prevent the carbon dioxide exhaust from the burning of coal and gas from entering the atmosphere and driving further climate change. It does this by either stripping the CO2 from the smokestacks of conventional power stations, or by burning the fuel in special ways to produce exhausts of pure CO2.
Simon Harrison

UK set to exceed carbon targets, analysis shows - 0 views

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    Government says study shows affordable low-carbon economy achievable - but next 20 years will require huge investment
Simon Harrison

Rio Tinto blames carbon tax for 515 job losses - 1 views

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    Rio Tinto says laws to reduce toxic emissions will make cost of running aluminium plant at Lynemouth near Newcastle too high Rio Tinto has become the latest multinational to blame a factory closure on new carbon taxes, after it announced that it was shutting an aluminium smelter near Newcastle upon Tyne with the loss of 515 jobs.
Simon Harrison

UN - curbing black carbon would bring dramatic, quick benefits to all - 0 views

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    Global warming could be slowed down if governments cleaned up what's known as black carbon from industry and cooking fires, 50 of the world's leading atmospheric scientists said on Tuesday.
Simon Harrison

Nearly half UK's biggest companies failing to act on carbon emissions law - 0 views

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    Nearly half of the UK's top companies do not have targets on greenhouse gas emissions, despite years of legislation and campaigning on the issue, a study by the Carbon Trust has found.
Simon Harrison

Carbon capture and utilisation could make economic sense - 0 views

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    Carbon dioxide produced from power generation, captured and stored, could help combat climate change
Simon Harrison

Groundbreaking data tracks carbon emissions back to their source - 2 views

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    Which of the following accounts for the largest share of the UK's carbon footprint? All our holiday flights, all the power used in our homes or … Russia? Okay, so it's kind of a trick question, but according to a scientific paper published this week, we might reasonably conclude that the answer is Russia - though to understand why it's necessary to go back a couple of steps.
Stephanie Kaye

Shell and SSE join forces for UK's first carbon-capture project - 0 views

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    Firms announce CCS plans for Peterhead power station following collapse of £1bn proposals for Longannet Two major energy companies have combined forces to bolster the case to build the UK's first carbon-capture project at Peterhead power station near Aberdeen.
Stephanie Kaye

Energy companies join forces for UK's first carbon-capture project - 0 views

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    The power company SSE and Shell hope to bolster the case for a carbon-capture and storage plant at Peterhead near Aberdeen
Becky Thompson

Energy firms agree to carbon capture. - 1 views

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    Two large energy firms have agreed to work together to develop carbon-capture and storage (CCS) in Aberdeenshire - if they can get the funding.
Simon Harrison

Carbon Capture scheme scrapped - 0 views

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    Plans for the UK's first carbon capture project at the Longannet power station in Fife have been scrapped, the energy secretary has confirmed.
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