Posts Tagged ‘carbon capture’
Report Release: IEEFA on Carbon Capture
Checked out the IEEFA’s recent report written by Bruce Robertson on carbon capture: https://ieefa.org/resources/carbon-capture-ccs-ccus-ccu?_hsmi=226316057&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Jmcc78a9nTgLW2lPdsYjfK52kCAd38FxxsJxJM6ppV_1FAEzZ3yJ-UOd1nfoO7zLzbwyqCgTAk59scdxu42r1XBqwug
Read MoreCarbon capture has a long history. Of failure.
This article was written on September 2, 2022, by Bruce Robertson and originally published in the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. Carbon capture and storage is an old technology, first commercialized in the 1970s. Back then it was called enhanced oil recovery, because the carbon dioxide recovered from oil and gas production was…
Read MoreGreenhouse gas removal ‘not a silver bullet to achieve net zero’
This article was written by Helena Horton and originally published in The Guardian on May 30, 2022. Many of the UK’s top scientists working on carbon capture technologies do not believe they will be developed and scaled up in time to reach net zero and limit global heating to 1.5C. Experts speaking at a Greenhouse Gas…
Read MoreIEEFA: If Chevron, Exxon and Shell can’t get Gorgon’s carbon capture and storage to work, who can?
This article was written by Bruce Robertson and Milad Mousavian and published in the IEEFA on April 26, 2022. 27 April 2022 (IEEFA): At a cost of more than A$3 billion, Gorgon, the largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the world has failed to deliver, underperforming its targets for the first five years…
Read MoreAre Canada’s carbon capture plans a ‘pipe dream’?
This article was written by John Woodside and originally publish in Canada’s National Observer on January 20, 2022. Leading climate scientists and academics are calling on the federal government to abandon a proposed tax credit that gives big polluters a break for investing in carbon capture technology. The experts say the planned carbon capture utilization and storage…
Read MoreOil companies ask Canada to pay for 75% of carbon capture facilities
This article was written by Rod Nickel and originally published to Reuters on October 7, 2021. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Oil and gas companies have asked the Canadian government to design a tax credit to pay for 75% of the cost to build carbon capture facilities that will curb greenhouse gas emissions, the…
Read MoreCarbon Capture and Storage
Note From Oil Sands Divestment: In early June of 2021, the five largest Oil Sands producers in Canada, came together to announced their Pathways to Net Zero initiative. This initiative committed Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus Energy, Imperial, MEG Energy and Suncor Energy with the goal of reaching net-zero GHG emissions in their oil sands operations…
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