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  1. Baker Hughes Signs Agreement To Acquire Compact Carbon Capture Technology To Advance Industrial Decarbonization 11/3/2020

    Baker Hughes announced today it is acquiring Compact Carbon Capture (3C), a pioneering technology development company specializing in carbon capture solutions.

  2. Cummins Receives Federal Grants To Advance Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 11/2/2020

    Cummins Inc. has announced the company received two federal grants totaling $4.6M to advance commercialization of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology, which could play a critical role in helping commercial and industrial customers reduce their carbon impact while providing energy resiliency and cutting costs

  3. Lawsuit Challenges EPA Rollback Of Limits On Toxic Water Pollution From Power Plants 11/2/2020

    Nine conservation groups representing millions of people sued the Environmental Protection Agency today over its decision to drastically weaken national standards limiting toxic water pollution, including arsenic and selenium, from coal-fired power plants

  4. Room Temperature Conversion Of CO2 To CO: A New Way To Synthesize Hydrocarbons 11/2/2020

    Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have demonstrated a room-temperature method that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide levels in fossil-fuel power plant exhaust, one of the main sources of carbon emissions in the atmosphere

  5. EPA Awards $1.7M To Virginia To Control Polluted Runoff, Restore Water Quality 10/31/2020

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a $1,693,000 grant to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to improve water quality in rivers and streams throughout the state

  6. G20 Promotes The Circular Carbon Economy (CCE) 10/30/2020

    In their ministerial meeting on 27-28 September 2020, the G20 Energy Ministers have agreed on a communiqué where they endorsed the Circular Carbon Economy Platform as a tool to manage emissions and foster access to energy

  7. Lawsuit Filed Against EPA To Protect People In Seven States From Asthma-Causing Sulfur Dioxide Air Pollution 10/30/2020

    Three conservation groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency today for failing to meet congressionally mandated deadlines for enforcing reductions in dangerous sulfur dioxide air pollution, which is largely caused by burning fossil fuels

  8. KKR Launches Renewable Energy Platform Virescent Infrastructure In India 10/30/2020

    Global investment firm KKR today announced the launch of Virescent Infrastructure (“Virescent” or the “Company”), a newly created platform to acquire renewable energy assets in India

  9. Leaving More Big Fish In The Sea Reduces CO2 Emissions 10/29/2020

    An international team of scientists has found leaving more big fish in the sea reduces the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the Earth’s atmosphere

  10. Large Losses Of Ammonium-Nitrogen From A Rice Ecosystem Under Elevated CO2 10/29/2020

    Since the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the global climate has undergone dramatic changes as human activities have continued to stimulate the consumption of fossil fuels, accelerate the pace of deforestation and boost the demand for synthetic ammonia, thereby contributing to the constant increase in greenhouse gas emissions and changes in the chemical composition of the atmosphere