Tag: Energy
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Study: ‘Waste heat’ May Reduce Costs for CO2 Capture
Rice University team seeks to optimize CO2 removal from power plant emissions In some of the first results from a federally funded initiative to find new ways of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from coal-fired power plants, Rice University scientists have found that CO2 can be removed more economically using “waste” heat — low-grade steam that…
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Ohio Senator Opposes Renewable Energy Mandate, Likening it to a Communist Policy
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS — Renewable energy works for Ohio. Treating renewable energy like another political football is damaging and short-sighted …
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Greenwashing the Carbon Costs of Fracking and Coal Exports
LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE — The two oversights in the fracking argument allow shale gas to be painted green, when in reality it is anything but. Similar attempts have been made to paint the Canadian tar sands green, by the Canadian government no less. These are arguments that must be exposed …
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Discovery on Storing and Reusing Renewable Energy
“This breakthrough offers a relatively cheaper method of storing and reusing electricity produced by wind turbines and solar panels,” says Curtis Berlinguette, associate professor of chemistry and Canada Research Chair in Energy Conversion.
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Lower Tailpipe Emissions Will Lead to Cleaner Air, More Jobs
UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS — The standards will help reduce incidents of asthma cases, respiratory problems and premature death caused by these harmful, smog-forming emissions, improving public health and cutting costs. A study by Navigant Economics found that these health benefits will have an estimated value of …