co2 emissions

Geological sequestration (GS) is generally recognized as the injection and long-term (e.g., hundreds to thousands of years) trapping of gaseous, liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) in subsurface media ? primarily saline formations, depleted or nearly depleted oil and gas reservoirs, and deep ?unmineable? coal seams.

Despite widespread concern about climate change, annual carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels and manufacturing cement have grown 38 percent since 1992, from 6.1 billion tons of carbon to 8.5 billion tons in 2007.

(National Physical Laboratory) Accurate measurement of thermal performance is crucial if new government legislation aimed at producing dramatic reductions in CO2 emissions is to be successful.

The UK's National Physical Laboratory is offering construction companies a way of meeting this mandate.

(Durham University) Scientists at Durham University are working on new ways of storing CO2 emissions underground to help in the fight against global warming.

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) In a bid to control greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change, the European Union has been operating the world's first system to limit and to trade carbon dioxide.

Despite its hasty adoption and somewhat rocky beginning three years ago, the EU "cap-and-trade" system has operated well and has had little or no negative impact on the overall EU economy, according to an MIT analysis.

A new, high-resolution, interactive map of US carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels has found that the emissions aren't all where we thought.

The maps and system, called Vulcan, show CO2 emissions at more than 100 times more detail than was available before.

Until now, data on carbon dioxide emissions were reported monthly at the level of an entire state. The Vulcan model examines CO2 emissions at local levels on an hourly basis.

Promoting the green design, construction, renovation and operation of buildings could cut North American CO2 emissions more deeply, quickly and cheaply than any other available measure, according to a new report issued by the tri-national Commission for Environmental Cooperation.

To even begin to combat climate change effectively, CO2 emissions have to fall sharply: to 1 ton per capita per year.

According to researchers from ETH Zurich the way to the goal for this century is through an energy strategy based on the three Es: increased efficiency, renewable energy and electrification.