Carbon Capture Archives - The Westside Story

Australian firm working to produce building materials with recaptured CO2

Aug 27, 2017

An Australian firm is working to capture carbon emissions to store in building materials, with a full-scale production plant in store by 2020. The technology was officially launched on Friday at the Newcastle I...

First ever modular carbon capture plant opens in Switzerland

West Side Story

Jun 21, 2017

Environment, Headlines, Innovation

In the wake of the US withdrawal from the Paris climate accords, the rest of the world is continuing its work to reverse climate change and salvage the biome for humans and other animals. On the first of June, ...

Coal industry hopes to get on board push for clean energy, with carbon capture advances

West Side Story

Feb 27, 2017

Business, Environment, Science

The US coal industry is attempting to position itself as a partner in the push to lower carbon emissions, instead of a relic of a high-emissions past. Executives from the three largest coal producers in the US ...

Firm uses captured CO2 to make baking soda, marking carbon capture breakthrough

West Side Story

Jan 3, 2017

Environment, Innovation, Science

A company in southern India has made an important breakthrough in towards successful carbon capture technology. The plant in the port town of Tuticorin is using CO2 captured from its own coal-fueled boiler to m...

Texas carbon capture project to go online this month, raising hope for the beleaguered technology

West Side Story

Jan 3, 2017

Business, Environment, Innovation, Science

A new carbon capture plant, about to go online in Thompson, Texas in January, offers one alternative for reducing emissions under the incoming Trump administration. The Petra Nova carbon capture project is pois...

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