October 14, 2013
Microsoft doubled renewable energy purchases in FY 2013
Microsoft’s 2013 Citizenship Report  Microsoft said 300,000 metric tons of CO2 was offset by innovative projects such as the company-wide carbon fee and the purchase of 2.3 billion kilowatt hours of renewable energy—more than twice the amount purchased in FY12. “We instituted a carbon fee last year because it had the potential to ignite a […]

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October 14, 2013
The 50 Dirtiest US Power Plants Combined Equals 7th Largest CO2 Emitter in the World
Fifty US power plants emit more greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels than all but six nations, says a new report. The study by Environment America paints a bulls-eye on the nation’s biggest coal-fired power plants, suggesting that reining in a relatively small share of America’s 6,000 electric generating facilities could have a significant impact on greenhouse […]

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October 8, 2013
New carbon capture plant turns emissions into baking soda
By Michael Parker, The Conversation The term “carbon capture and storage” seems only to appear when shortly followed by “not commercially proven” or “in development”. But construction has now begun on what will be the world’s first commercial carbon dioxide mineralisation plant, in which carbon dioxide greenhouse gas is transformed into baking soda. Skyonic has […]

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September 4, 2013
Demand cools as fight rages over coal-export terminals
Back in 2011, when SSA Marine laid out plans for a major coal-export terminal in Northwest Washington, international markets were on a tear as the demand for coal pushed prices to record levels. But this summer, export prices have plunged by more than 40 percent, prompting some coal-export projects in Australia to be scaled back or […]

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