CO2 Storage in the News

The news media are finally picking up on CO2 capture and storage. I am watching the evolution of the public discussion with great interest, and have decided to start a collection of news items. Here are the first few articles.

English Articles:

  1. Branson launches $25m climate bid (BBC, 9 February 2007)
  2. Carbon capture can buy the world a breathing space (Financial Times, 22 January 2007)
  3. Carbon capture must make a meaningful contribution quickly (Financial Times, 18 January 2007)
  4. We can and must take the lead in Europe's carbon capture projects (Financial Times, 18 January 2007)
  5. Doubt cast on 'carbon capture' technology (Financial Times, 16 January 2007)
  6. CARBON CAPTURE: How to breathe easier (Financial Times, 23 October 2006)
  7. Greenpeace should be red-faced over science gaffe (The Royal Society of Chemistry, 9 November 2006)
  8. Coal power station to store CO2 under sea (The Times, 9 November 2006)
  9. BP warning on 'clean' power plant (BBC, 25 August 2006)
  10. Clean coal can plug UK's energy gap (BBC, 10 August 2006)
  11. Sea-bed plan to store carbon dioxide (BBC, 7 August 2006)
  12. This is embarrassing, but I have become a fossil fuel supporter (Guardian, 25 April 2006)
  13. Teesside bids for carbon station (BBC, 24 March 2006)
  14. Britain needs more gas power (BBC, 16 April 2006)
  15. Buried at Sea Shells plan for greenhouse gases (Guardian, 9 March 2006)
  16. Statoil, Shell Join Forces on Project (Washington Post, 8 March 2006)
  17. Carbon burial plan for North Sea (BBC, 8 March 2006)
  18. Brave new world for King Coal as it tries to clean up its act (Guardian, 21 February 2006)
  19. Rocks could store all Europe's CO2' (BBC, 16 February 2006)
  20. BP plans $1bn hydrogen plant in California (Guardian, 14 February 2006)
  21. UK should pursue carbon capture (BBC, 9 February 2006)
  22. Fossilised myths: new thinking on 'dirty' coal and dwindling oil (Guardian, 5 February 2006)
  23. Basically good? (GEMINI, 2005)
  24. How to Clean Coal, (onearth, Fall 2005)
  25. Pact Signed for Prototype of Coal Plant, (NYT, 7 December 2005)
  26. Doubt cast on UK climate targets, (BBC, 6 December 2005)
  27. UK Scientist hopes for CO2 storage, (BBC, 6 December 2005)
  28. Limits of Carbon Capture and Storage in combating climate change (Greenpeace Int., 25 September 2005)
  29. UK, China in cleaner power plan (BBC, 1 September 2005)
  30. How coal is cleaning up its act (BBC, 27 November 2005)
  31. Britain 'could bury greenhouse gases' (Observer, 4 December 2005)
  32. CO2 rise threatens Britain's hope of meeting Kyoto target (Guardian, 5 September 2005)
  33. Germany plans CO2-free power plant (BBC, 4 July 2005)
  34. How is carbon capture and storage going to work? (Guardian, 16 June 2005)
  35. Funds for greenhouse gas storage (BBC, 14 June 2005)
  36. Is Britain's Future really nuclear (BBC, 16 May 2005)
  37. Seabed supplies cure for global warming crisis (Guardian, 26 April 2005)
  38. Carbon capture and storage is less than a decade away (Financial Times, 3 March 2005)
  39. Carbon store could free UK coal (BBC, 27 July 2004)
  40. Canada places carbon dioxide underground to clean air (Seattle Times, 20 February 2004)
  41. The case for carbon capture and storage (Financial Times, 23 January 2004)
  42. Fired up with ideas (Economist, 4th July 2002)

Deutsche Artikel:

  1. Klimaretter Kohle? (Zeit, 7 März 2007)
  2. Saubere Kohle (Welt, 6 Jannuar 2007)
  3. CO2-Lagerung in der Erdkruste (Stuttgarter Zeitung, 21 August 2006)
  4. Wohin mit dem Kohlendioxid? (Welt, 26 August 2006)
  5. CO2-Lagerung in der Erdkruste (Stuttgarter Zeitung, 21 August 2006)
  6. Geoforscher pumpen CO2 in die Erde (Handelsblatt, 23 August 2006)
  7. Kerker für den Klimakiller (SZ, 21 Juni 2006)
  8. Europäische Kraftwerke könnten 2050 CO2-frei sein (Welt, 6 Dezember 2005)
  9. Letzte Ruhe für Kohlendioxid (FAZ, 27 September 2005)
  10. Treibhausgas wird tiefgestapelt (Zeit, 1 September 2005)
  11. Sauberer Traum (Zeit, 22 April 2004)
  12. Unternehmen präsentieren in Montreal eigene Klimastrategie (Welt, 28 November 2005)
  13. Fünf Argumente gegen „CO2-freie Kohle-Kraftwerke“ (Green Peace Deutschland, 20 Juli 2004)
  14. Kohlendioxid-Ausstoß aus Kraftwerken - Wege zur Verringerung des Treibhausgases (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, 28 April 2004)

link to: [my research on CO2 storage]

link to: [Wikipedia: Carbon Capture & Storage (English)]

link to: [Wikipedia: CO2-Sequestrierung (Deutsch)]