Why carbon capture is an illusion

On March 10, Environment Minister John Baird released detailed regulations to address global warming. These so-called tough measures lean heavily on new technology that captures and stores greenhouse gas emissions. Mr. Baird says catching carbon emitted from coal-fired power plants and tar-sands projects, then burying it deep underground, is a large part of Canada meeting its greenhouse gas emissions targets for 2020 and 2050.

This is unlikely. Even if we set aside the fact that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has set new, weaker goals so that Canada is no longer holds up its share of the Kyoto agreement, the sorry truth is that carbon capture and storage is a kind of fool’s gold — all glitter and promise, but of no real worth. It won’t enable us to meet even these weaker commitments, and it will be an expensive, diversionary tactic while Canada climbs the carbon charts.

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Why carbon capture is an illusion

On March 10, Environment Minister John Baird released detailed regulations to address global warming. These so-called tough measures lean heavily on new technology that captures and stores greenhouse gas emissions. Mr. Baird says catching carbon emitted from coal-fired power plants and tar-sands projects, then burying it deep underground, is a large part of Canada meeting its greenhouse gas emissions targets for 2020 and 2050.

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http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/03/19/1715/ 

Wyoming’s Freudenthal says feds stalling on carbon capture

CHEYENNE — The federal government is dragging its feet on regulations that would promote advanced coal technologies and carbon dioxide storage, Gov. Dave Freudenthal wrote in a recent legal publication.

In the meantime, the state continues to forge ahead with its own efforts to promote carbon sequestration, Freudenthal said in the February issue of ‘Wyoming Lawyer,’ the journal of the Wyoming State Bar.

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http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/03/12/news/wyoming/43291e67b828659887257409007f3c83.txt