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Carbon emissions from energy to peak in 2025 in ‘historic turning point’, says IEA

This article was written by Jasper Jolly and originally published in The Guardian on October 27, 2022. Global carbon emissions from energy will peak in 2025 thanks to massively increased government spending on clean fuels in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to analysis by the world’s leading energy organisation. The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that…

Greenhouse 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…

Are 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…