November 22, 2012
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Air & Climate Newsletter November 22, 2012 |
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Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Reach New Record
The amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record high in 2011, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Between 1990 and 2011 there was a 30% increase in radiative forcing – the warming effect on our climate – because of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other heat-trapping long-lived gases. Since the start of the industrial era in 1750, about 375 billion tonnes of carbon have been released into the atmosphere as CO2, primarily from fossil fuel combustion, according to WMO’s 2011 Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, which had a special focus on the carbon cycle. ... | ||
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Innovation to drive cuts in Carbon Capture and Storage costs
The winners of an £20m competition for innovative projects to reduce the cost of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) development were announced today. Universities and world leading energy and technology companies at the cutting edge of CCS research are among the 13 projects that have been awarded the money from the UK’s CCS £125m research and development fund. CCS technology, if developed at scale, could allow the safe removal and storage of carbon emissions from coal and gas plants. Winning projects include NET Power which is working with Stoke based Goodwins and Toshiba to ... | ||
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