Green Colored Glasses- Green Kids Clothes: Electropura ReviewElectropura is run by fashion designer Lynn van Gastel who creates fashions for kids in sizes o-5 from existing materials. In today’s world where nearly everything seems to be disposable, these fashions rescue fabrics that still have tons of wear in […]
- Skateboard Sculptures of HaroshiCheck out these fantastic skateboard deck sculptures by Japanese artist Haroshi. He’s got an extremely varied portfolio of artwork made from old beat up decks. These five pieces shown here are just some of his latest sculptures. His method of wooden […]
- Eco-Friendly Gift Ideas — For the CookLooking for a green gift idea for the eco-chef in your life?? Check out these kitchen spice racks available in bamboo. Bamboo is a great wood to use because it grows extremely quickly with little water and no use of pesticides […]
- Beads For ChangeAre you looking for an eco-friendly product for the fashionista on your shopping list this year? Check out Beads for Change. This program employs women of Uganda who live in hillside slums. They are refugees after decades of war in […]
- Oil Town LivingI’ve got to admit that I live in the middle of a city fueled by oil. Make no mistake about it, Calgary is definitely an oil town. We’ve got a terrible reputation as red necks with out Stampede and a […]
- Penguin SweatersTo be clear, this post is about tiny sweaters for penguins such as pictured on the left. I am not writing about sweaters for humans with penguins on them such as this one from Chanel pictured on the right. It’s […]
- Getting In Bernie Madoff’s PantsThey say you can’t judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes so can you judge him after using his pants?? Check out the Bernie Madoff collection on Fredrick James for a cool selection of Ipad covers […]
- The Ultimate Solar LightHere in the Western world, solar lights are a novelty not a necessity. It’s easy to forget about people living on other places of our small planet that aren’t going green to save the world. They’re simply living hand to […]
- Etsy Find: Talking Squid Recycles TeesTalking Squid is not just saving the planet by recycling t-shirts, they’re also helping you save money with their huge 50% off summer sale. Yup, half off! So, what could you spend half as much on?? Well, they’ve got an outstanding […]
- Quitting SmokingQuitting smoking is one of the best things that you can do for the health of the environment and yourself. Cigarette butts make up about 80% of litter commonly found on streets. The exhaled fumes from cigarette smoke are a […]
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Tag Archives: Carbon Capture
Aker Solutions Conducts World’s First Cement CO2 Capture Tests
Aker Solutions has won a contract to perform the world’s first tests for capturing carbon dioxide emissions from a cement production plant. The CO2 technology company won the award from Norcem, in cooperation with the European Cement Research Academy (ECRA). … Continue reading
Cost-Competitive CCS ‘Possible in UK by 2020s’
Gas and coal power plants equipped with carbon capture, transport and storage technology have the potential to be cost competitive with other low-carbon power generation in the UK by the early 2020s, according to a government task force report. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon Capture, CCS, CCS Cost Reduction Task Force, Department of Energy, DOE, UK
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Air Products Carbon Capture Project Online
Air Products is now operating a Department of Energy demonstration project that will capture about 1 million tons of carbon dioxide in an enhanced oil recovery project in Texas. Described by the DOE as “a milestone” in its Industrial Carbon Capture … Continue reading
Joule Uses Waste CO2 to Produce Renewable Gasoline, Jet Fuel
Biofuels manufacturer Joule says it had converted waste CO2 into gasoline and jet fuel components. The company says this is an industry first in renewable fuel production. Joule says this technology will allow it to expand its Sunflow product line … Continue reading
Supersized Crabs Bulking Up on Carbon Pollution
Carbon pollution from power plants, factories and vehicles is settling in the ocean — and supersizing crabs, lobsters and shrimp, The Washington Post reports. But while these crustaceans bulk up as they absorb CO2, high levels of carbon cause oysters … Continue reading
China Announces Plans to Tax Carbon Emissions and Clean up Air Pollution!
Image: © John E. Williamson Not long after reports of China’s unearthly pollution dominated headline news, the Ministry of Finance has published plans to tax carbon emissions. The idea of a carbon tax is not new in China, but the … Continue reading
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Tagged Air quality, Cap-And-Trade, Carbon Capture, carbon emissions, Carbon Tax, china, Climate Change, Emissions Trading, Environment, environmental destruction, environmental protection tax, Global warming, ministry of finance, news, pollution, smog, tax reform
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Green Mountain Coffee to Fund Biochar Farming Project
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters is helping to fund nonprofit Radio Lifeline’s Black Earth Project, an initiative that uses biochar to help Rwandan farmers mitigate the effects of climate change. Biochar is charcoal produced through the burning of dried biomass in a … Continue reading
Contract Wins: Cadmus, SAIC, CO2 Solutions
The Cadmus Group has won its third consecutive five-year contract to work with the EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW). Under this contract, the consultancy will work with OWOW to monitor water quality, manage and display water quality … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberta oil sands project, biological assessment, BP, Business-to-Business, Cadmus Group, Carbon Capture, Carbon Capture And Storage, Chevron, CO2 Capture Project, CO2 Solutions, contract, Ecologia Environment, ENI, environmental remidiation, Petrobras, Researouce Development Group, saic, Science Applications International Corporation, Sheffield Resources, Shell, Suncor, US Army Environmenal Command, Water Management
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DNV, PSE Develop Maritime Carbon Capture Storage
Classification society Det Norske Veritas and process modeling firm Process Systems Enterprise have developed a concept design for on-board chemical capture, liquefaction and temporary carbon dioxide storage for ships in transit. Ships using the technique would carry the unwanted materials with them until they … Continue reading
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Carbon Capture, UL Zero Waste, GSA Review
Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes eight items. DNV KEMA has launched a risk management guide for the carbon capture and storage industry, CO2Riskman, which aims to increase public confidence … Continue reading
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