GHG Monitor Vol. 1, No. 214

Budget & Policy

Paris Agreement Membership Grows to 112 in Marrakesh

Twelve countries ratified the Paris Agreement during the 22nd session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, bringing total membership in the accord to 112. The two-week event in Marrakesh, Morocco, ended on Friday. The newest member nations to the climate change agreement are Australia, Botswana, Burkina […]
  • Innovation & Infrastructure

    Scientists Prove CO2 Transition into Rock, Again

    Earlier this year scientists in Iceland announced the ability to turn CO2 into rock in less than two years. On Friday, a different group of scientists confirmed the possibility. “After drilling a well in the Columbia River Basalt formation and testing its properties, the team injected CO2 into it in 2013. Core samples were extracted […]

  • Budget & Policy

    Coal Could Make Comeback This Winter, EIA Predicts

    The share of coal in national energy production may surpass natural gas this winter, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced Friday. “Based on expected temperatures and market conditions, coal is expected to surpass natural gas as the most common electricity generating fuel in December, January, and February,” according to an EIA release. Natural gas overtook […]

  • Innovation & Infrastructure

    DOE Seeking information on CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery

    The Department of Energy on Thursday issued a request for information on offshore enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. “One place where captured anthropogenic CO2 could be stored is in depleted oil and gas reservoirs offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Injecting CO2 into these reservoirs could also result in enhanced recovery of residual oil. The […]

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