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[ 15.10.2007 ]
CCS facts
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is considered as one of the main options to reduce global CO emissions. But what is CCS and how does it work? Read more from our fact sheets.
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Dag Thorenfeld

[ 26.04.2010 ]
Bellona president arrives in Washington with high hopes of joining the US climate debate
WASHINGTON – The visit to the US Capital by Bellona President Frederic Hauge could not be timed better with the charged air surrounding the Senate’s long awaited climate bill, and a major setback the effort to push the legislation forward may have suffered over the weekend.
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whitehouse.gov

[ 11.03.2010 ]
Obama convenes key Senators to hammer out wish list for stalled US climate bill
NEW YORK – US President Obama this week huddled for the first time with Senators who are pushing the currently mothballed climate bill, meeting with a dozen crucial senators in a final surge to pass the legislation that is bound to be fraught with a number of compromised that will be less palatable to the environmental and international community.
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[ 23.02.2010 ]
‘Hybrid’ US climate legislation likely to back track on some environmental promise to throw big bones to industry
NEW YORK – For weeks following Predident Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, in which he more or less put at arms length or overturned some of the brighter climate promises he had made only a year before, his administration is spreading itself thin to come up with climate and energy legislation that will pass the Senate.
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NEWS
[ 22.08.2010 ]
UK still plans EPS for power plants

In a letter to British newspaper The Guardian, British energy and climate minister Chris Huhne insisted that he is still considering an Emission Performance Standard (EPS) for CO2, contrary to a media report published by the newspaper on August 16 which suggested the government was abandoning the idea.

[ 19.08.2010 ]
Regulatory Assistance Project publish summary of EPS across US

The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) research staff have prepared an informative and up-to-date summary of Emissions Performance Standards (EPS) that have been adopted by various states in the United States, entitled “Emission Performance Standards in Selected States”.

[ 13.08.2010 ]
US awards €16.5 million to CO2 storage research

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced on August 11th his decision to award $21.3 million (€16.5 million) to 15 projects to develop technologies aimed at safely and economically storing carbon dioxide in geologic formations. According to Chu, this funding decision is part of the US administration’s commitment to ‘lead the world in carbon capture and storage technology’.

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BLOGS
Posted 18.06.2009 in Jonathan Temple's Blog by Jonathan Temple

Washington View: CCS gets a big second chance, while US climate bill progresses amid dim prognoses for Copehagen

WASHINGTON – The Administration of US President Barack Obama has revived financial support canceled by the Bush administration for FutureGen, the United States’ first coal burning plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS).

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REPORTS
[ 01.08.2005 CO2 capture and storage ] CO2 for Enhanced Oil Recovery on the Norwegian Shelf
Bellona’s case study shows technical possibilities and profitability of the CO2 capture for the enhanced oil recovery.
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[ 15.10.2007 CO2 capture and storage ] Carbon Dioxide Storage: Geological Security and Environmental Issues
Bellona has published the report "Carbon Dioxide Storage: Geological Security and Environmental Issues – Case Study on the Sleipner Gas field in Norway". The report documents how safe storage of CO2 can be performed by evaluating CO2 storage at the Sleipner field.
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