In major shift, Summit looking to use CO2 pipeline for oil extraction

Ames-based Summit long touted its controversial planned CO2 pipeline as a way to limit climate change. Now it's talking about ...
Yahoo

Using CO2 to extract oil is ultimately worse for the environment, report says

Environmental risks, economic problems and public health threats are also reasons to oppose CO2 EOC, according to a new report. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) A new report warns that using ...
Tech Times

How Can Direct Air Capture Scale to Deliver Real Carbon Removal for Climate Solutions

Direct Air Capture DAC uses carbon engineering to achieve negative emissions, supporting climate solutions while facing DAC ...
Reuters

Fact Check: CO2 does help plants grow, but it is still bad for global warming

The use of extra carbon dioxide (CO2) in commercial greenhouses to aid plant growth is being touted online to falsely imply climate-change warnings are a “scam”. Experts say while CO2 can help some ...
The Next Web

This giant dome battery cuts CO2 emissions — by using more CO2

Renewable energies like wind and solar are clean, abundant, and cheap — but notoriously unpredictable. That’s why so much time and money has been pumped into scaling energy storage solutions: we need ...
E&E

Occidental to pump more Permian oil using captured CO2

The company will bring online 60 wells that use “enhanced oil recovery,” which involves operators using carbon dioxide sucked out of the air to squeeze more oil out of the ground. Occidental Petroleum ...
Power Engineering

AI modeling could help plants capture CO2 using 36% less grid energy, researchers say

Carbon capture from power plants could be climate friendlier and consume less energy thanks to AI modeling, according to a study from the University of Surrey. Researchers there adjusted a capture ...
Heartland

Climate Change Weekly #524: Plants Are Using Much More CO2 Than Climate Models Assume

A study recently published in the journal Nature finds plants have been absorbing 31 percent more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than previously assumed and modeled. The international team of ...
The Washington Post

Companies capture a lot of CO2. Most of it is going into new oil.

Every year, companies around the United States capture around 18 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from natural gas processing plants, oil refineries and power plants. As long as that CO2 — ...
Science Daily

Using CO2 and biomass, researchers find path to more environmentally friendly recyclable plastics

Researchers have created a potential alternative to traditional petroleum-based plastic that is made from carbon dioxide (CO2) and lignin, a component of wood that is a low-cost byproduct of paper ...
Fox News

Google turns CO2 into battery power for clean energy

Carbon dioxide usually gets blamed for climate change, not praised for solving it. But Google plans to flip the script. The company just announced a partnership with Italian firm Energy Dome to help ...