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How much carbon can we safely store underground? Much less than previously thought.

September 4, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Sept. 3, 2025. By Joseph Winters Drawing down carbon from the air and stashing it in underground rock formations has been framed as an essential way to slow [Read more]

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Solid Carbon receiving $24M to advance ocean-based CO₂ removal 

March 14, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by UVic News on March 13, 2025. The University of Victoria (UVic) welcomes today’s announcement of $24-million over six years through the Government of Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) [Read more]

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Quebec bans new internal combustion, PHEV sales as of 2035

July 19, 2024 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on July 18, 2024. The Quebec government has published the toughest proposed electric vehicle sales mandate in Canada, a draft regulation that would ban the sale of [Read more]

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Cement industry needs a full transformation to decarbonize

October 30, 2023 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on Oct. 29, 2023 and was originally published by Canary Media and is part of its special series “The Tough Stuff: Decarbonizing steel, cement and chemicals.”   By Jeff St. John, [Read more]

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AB gov’t consults with large emitters on tech, innovation, emissions

July 9, 2019 Energi Staff

The Alberta government is in consultations with large emitters, including oil and gas, to come up with a plan to replace the former NDP government’s Carbon Competitiveness Incentive Program. By Jan. 1, 2020, the Kenney [Read more]

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Innovation

U of C technology converts waste CO2 into high value fuels, chemicals

May 31, 2019 Energi Staff

A University of Calgary postdoctoral fellow’s research work converts greenhouse gas emissions into high value fuels and chemicals before they are released into the environment, significantly cutting CO2 emissions. The technology developed by U of [Read more]

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U.S. CO2 emissions spike in 2018 on rising demand

January 8, 2019 Energi Staff

The Rhodium Group released a report on Tuesday which showed US CO2 emissions rose in 2018 after falling for the previous three.  Cold weather and rising fuel demand were blamed for the increase.   CO2 emissions [Read more] [Read more]

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US energy-related CO2 emissions fell slightly in 2017

September 10, 2018 Markham Hislop

Decline in CO2 emissions in residential, commercial sectors mostly due to milder weather U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2017 fell to 5.14 billion metric tons, 0.9% lower than their 2016 levels, and coal [Read more]

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Innovation

Cement technology could cut CO2 emissions 24% by 2050 – IEA

April 7, 2018 Markham Hislop

As global population rises and urbanization grows, global cement production is set to increase 12% to 23% by 2050 A combination of technology and policy solutions could provide a pathway to reducing direct carbon dioxide [Read more]

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US budget bill may help carbon capture get back on track – IEA

March 12, 2018 Markham Hislop

75% of CO2 capture capacity built in last decade is hydrogen production, gas processing, ethanol fermentation, all high purity sources of CO2 Authors of this commentary are IEA Energy Technology Analysts Simon Bennett and Tristan [Read more]

No Picture
Markham on Energy

Carbon XPrize: Oilfield-based technology could revolutionize carbon capture

August 15, 2016 JZadmin

CleanCarbon Energy uses bacteria to fix CO2 in depleted oil reservoirs, turns it into cheap syngas The Carbon XPrize is on! Thirty-eight teams from seven countries are vying for the $20 million prize, awarded for [Read more]

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Markham on Energy

Exxon Mobil says global economy’s carbon intensity will drop 50% by 2040

February 9, 2016 JZadmin

Global GHG emissions will increase 10%, but energy consumers will rise by 25% – Outlook for Energy, Exxon Mobil Can the global economy grow and use more energy, while at the same time significantly reducing [Read more]

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The Canadian energy conversation is stuck in the wrong century

by Markham Hislop in Markham on Energy

Find Energi Media journalism in video, audio, and essays YouTube Channel: Video energy news Substack Essays: Thoughtful Energy Journalism Energi Talks Audio Podcast Real story of this energy crisis is not supply disruption, but demand [Read more]

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