Carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) has been touted as a way to reduce emissions from coal-fired power plants. In North America, coal plants emit around 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide every year. Storing 2 billion tonnes of CO2 every year will be a bit tricky, to put it mildly. But what if there were a way...
Monthly Archives: December 2008
GNEP future scenarios: opportunities for Canada
The next U.S. president will face a complex challenge as he develops nuclear policy. He is on record as opposing the Yucca Mountain spent fuel repository. At the same time, he supports nuclear energy as an important part of America’s energy mix (see article). So does Steven Chu, the nominee for Energy Secretary. Does...
The retail side of cap and trade: engaging the citizen-consumer in the fight against climate change
On December 8 2008, I became the first Canadian to help “retire” 12 tons of carbon from the carbon cap and trade system that covers emissions from power generating plants in the U.S. northeast. To be precise, I paid US$100 to buy 12 allowances (1 allowance = 1 ton) through the Regional Greenhouse Gas...
Green putsch fails in Canada: back door slams shut on Dion, May
Liberal leader Stéphane Dion told his prospective coalition partners, or maybe they told him, that the Green Shift would not be part of the coalition government’s policies. Interestingly, in his televised address on the evening of December 4, Dion mentioned that the Green Party supports the coalition. The book Hot Air was visible in...
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