Over at the Clean Coal Front Group Soapbox (er, blog), ACCCE Vice President of Communications Joe Lucas has a new post entitled:
ccs
Announcing the Marriage of the G-8 and 'Clean Coal'!
The G-8's non-solution to cutting carbon emissions: use CCS.
As Ross Gelbspan blogged today, the Group of Eight (G-8) has pledged to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2050. It makes for great headlines, but the small print shows several things: they failed to set a short term emissions reduction goal, and a large part of their Grand Forty-Two Year Plan is to go "low-carbon" by - you guessed it - using carbon capture and sequestration, also known as the "clean coal" pipe dream.
Carbon Capture and Storage Plans a Pipe Dream?
Energy bosses at this week's World Petroleum Congress (WPC) are keen to promote carbon capture and storage (CCS) as the solution to global warming and greenhouse gas emissions.
But experts are warning not to run to the bank just yet as a dicovery Channel news article asks: Is Carbon Capture a Pipe Dream?
Arkansas Clean Coal Plant a Joke With a Nasty Punchline
A new coal plant in eastern Arkansas is expected to come on line in 2010. The joke is that the supporters of the $1.3 billion coal-fired power plant are pointing to "emerging technology that could capture and store carbon..." (my emphasis)
Special Report: The Future of Energy
This weeks issue of the Economist tackles the enormous topic of “The future of energy”.
The article adresses solar, geothermal, biofuels, electric cars, nuclear power, and our favorite pipedream technology- carbon storage.
Clean Coal Facts and Fiction on CNBC
CNBC's Mark Haines asks: "How Realistic is Clean Coal," and Haines does a great job off the top by pointing out that his guest, Steve Miller of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), is funded by the coal industry.
This type of disclosure is important, as it provides viewers with some valuable context when hearing what Mr. Miller has to say.
Roanoke Times: Clean Coal is an oxymoron
Clean coal is an oxymoron. No kidding.
A great editorial this morning in Vermont's Roanoke Times on the idea of investing millions in clean coal technology and carbon capture and storage, when more affordable and proven renewable technologies are already further along in development and will be the answer to America's energy woes in the long term.
The editorial rightly concludes that:
Carbon Capture and Storage, Clean Coal far from ready- Industry agrees
CEO's of Southern Co and Duke Energy among others admit CCS is far from ready for primetime.
There is a lot of skepticism of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology out there, but now even the industry is admitting that the technology is far from ready. E&ENews reporter Kathering Ling recently wrote on the annual meeting for Edison Electric Institute (EEI). David Ratcliffe, CEO Southern Company was quoted saying the following:
IEA Report: More than a trillion dollars needed to "decarbonise" coal in the next 40 years
A new report by the International Energy Agency released today concludes that we will need to invest well over $1 trillion in the next 40 years to make coal-fired generation plants climate friendly.
The report's lead author, Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, states that:
Carbon Capture and Storage: A Coal and Electricity Industry Pipedream
Well they’re at it again.
The coal industry has found yet another way to greenwash coal as an environmentally sound source of electricity through a concept called, “Carbon Capture and Storage” (or Sequestration), CCS.
