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Utility CO2 mitigation markets will grow at double-digit rates
Operators of coal-fired power plants are committing billions of dollars in expenditures to reduce the quantities of CO2 per kilowatt of power produced. These expenditures are accelerating at double-digit rates. Forecasts of the revenues for CO2 capture, efficiency improvements and research are provided in the new Utility CO2 Mitigation Markets published online by the McIlvaine Company. The near-term market will be CO2 capture and use in enhanced oil recovery. Longer term the challenge will be to reduce the capture costs for more widespread use. Europe is moving forward, also there is strengthened ... |
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Benefits to integrating climate change into air quality policy
New research suggests potential benefits in integrating air quality and climate change policy. It predicts that accounting for the climate impact of certain air pollutants in the EU, USA and China could complement policies designed to reduce the air quality impacts of these pollutants.
The study analysed how policies addressing air pollution and climate change interact. A focus was on how measures in one policy area affect emissions and environmental impacts related to the other policy area and quantified ancillary benefits.
The study predicted the effects of three scenarios of cost-effective ... |
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- Finding finance for climate change adaptation
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- The `hidden hunger` caused by climate change
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Researchers ...
- UK Government to continue offsetting its emissions through new contract
The Government is launching the second phase of its Carbon Offsetting Facility (GCOF II) which will offset emissions resulting from Government air travel ...
- Masdar and E.ON climate & renewables establish new carbon project development joint venture: EMIC
Masdar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company focused on renewable energy and sustainability, and E.ON, one of the world’s leading ...
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