A power plant in Mongstad would capture 2.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually from 2014, Norwegian oil and gas producer StatoilHydro (News/Aktienkurs) said on Wednesday.
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StatoilHydro targets 2014 carbon capture start
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$1.34 billion Canadian CCS demonstration project moves forward
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A Canadian version of the now-defunct U.S. FutureGen project lunged forward last week as Saskatchewan Power Corp.
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Nordic power exchange says got U.S. permit
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Nordic electricity exchange Nord Pool said on Thursday that it was granted a permit by U.S. regulators to enrol U.S. companies to trade and clear Nordic and international power and carbon emissions contracts.
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India reveals its first climate change plan
Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate, Policy on 2008-07-04 | No Comments »
In the wake of next week’s G8 meeting in Japan, India released its first action plan for climate change (PDF) earlier this week.
India Reveals It’s First Climate Change Plan
EU states under pressure to advance CO2 storage
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EU environment ministers will 3 July be urged to accelerate the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration plants during a two-day informal Council meeting of EU energy and environment ministers, the first of its kind under the French EU Presidency.
EU states under pressure to advance CO2 storage
G8 to agree tariff steps to drive CO2 cuts: report
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G8 leaders will agree to take their own initiatives to reduce or abolish import tariffs on industrial goods that aid efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and thus help fight global warming, Japan’s Asahi newspaper said on Friday.
G8 to agree tariff steps to drive CO2 cuts: report
Next U.S. president likely to agree to CO2 cuts: UN
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There is good chance the next U.S. administration will agree to tight controls on its carbon emissions and help reach a deal by the end of 2009 to slow climate change.
Next U.S. president likely to agree to CO2 cuts: UN
South Asia adopts action plan on climate change
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The SAARC meeting came shortly before the annual G8 summit of leading industrialized nations in Japan next week, where climate change is expected to be a leading topic and an agreement may be reached on cutting greenhouse gas.
South Asia adopts action plan on climate change
China warns of ‘empty talk’ before G8 climate change meet
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China said it is open to general discussion of longer-term goals and industrial targets to combat global warming at the G8 summit, but fended off talk of any specific pledges, stressing rich nations should lead the way.
China warns of ‘empty talk’ before G8 climate change meet
G8 nations fail to keep climate change vows: report
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None of the G8 countries have come even close to fulfilling their pledges to fight climate change with the United States, Canada and Russia lagging especially far behind, a new study published on Thursday found.
G8 nations fail to keep climate change vows: report
