Tag: Carbon Capture and Sequestration
CO2 Pipelines 2022: Reference Material
REPORTERS: for access to the full webinar tape, please email is at [email protected] Link to 2021 investigation on the Satartia, Mississippi CO2 pipeline accident: CO2 Pipelines and Carbon Capture: The Satartia Mississippi Accident Investigation CO2 …
Carbon Capture: Expensive Pipe Dream or “Holy Grail”?
Today, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology is touted by proponents as a way to continue burning fossil fuels in a carbon constrained economy. However, two recent reports bring into question the feasibility of CCS …
CIC Demands Energy Chief Perry’s Travel Records– and Moniz’s with Southern CEO Fanning
In his October 12th congressional testimony about why he cost U.S. taxpayers some $56,000 for travel on non-commercial aircraft, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry suggested that his predecessor, Ernest Moniz, had done essentially the same …
Rick Perry Faces Tepid Questioning in Energy Secretary Confirmation Hearing
A conciliatory Rick Perry cruised through a half-day Senate confirmation hearing today for secretary of the Department of Energy before a Senate committee in a performance that was long on warm words and vague promises …
The coal industry can’t decide: climate denial or subsidies for “clean coal”?
The New York Times yesterday reported on a presentation given to a coal industry conference last year titled “Survival is Victory: Lessons from the Tobacco Wars.” The presentation was prepared by Richard Reavey, a former …
Fanning and Moniz on Kemper: Nothing to See Here
It would be hard to find an image of a cozier relationship between a giant energy company and a regulator than the joint appearance in Philadelphia on July 28th by Southern Company’s Tom Fanning and U.S. …
Kemper Project’s Untested Equipment Means Southern Company Way Off On Schedule
Engineers who worked on Southern Company’s Kemper coal plant say the proposed start-up date of September 2016 is as unrealistic as previous dates given by the company and that the plant is unlikely to go …