EcoFriend

APRIL 26, 2012

billion for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technologies. Well, now the administration is conscientiously lining up to spend over $95 million for aiding emerging markets develop their indigenous versions of CCS technology. UK earmarks £60m for CCS in developing countries. Statistical estimations show: to prevent global temperatures rising beyond 2 degrees Centigrade, our current CCS infrastructure needs to grow by an almost double magnitude by 2020.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

JUNE 6, 2012

carbon capture clean coal CCS Summit PowerMany people believe that “clean coal” is an oxymoron. Coal is considered the dirtiest fossil fuel because of high emissions of CO2 when it is burned. Now that natural gas prices have dropped to record low levels, spurring a transition in power generation from coal to natural gas, use of coal is dropping and prices [.].

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Living Green & Saving Energy

JUNE 6, 2012

carbon capture clean coal CCS Summit PowerMany people believe that “clean coal” is an oxymoron. Coal is considered the dirtiest fossil fuel because of high emissions of CO2 when it is burned. Now that natural gas prices have dropped to record low levels, spurring a transition in power generation from coal to natural gas, use of coal is dropping and prices [.].

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EcoFriend

APRIL 10, 2012

According to their estimates, the CCS industry could be worth £6.5 Dattatreya Mandal: Most of us tend to associate green technology systems with reduced scale of carbon emissions and mitigated pollution. However, beyond just lowering carbon footprint, the expansive scope of this relatively nascent industry has the solid economic capacity to offer employment to thousands of people around the globe.

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Green Prophet

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Business & Politics Climate Energy carbon capture CCS COP17 Durban Middle East Saudi ArabiaThe Saudis got the CDM funding for carbon capture they have long demanded: how will it work? In the biggest turn-around since Kyoto was signed by the developed world – other than the US – now the big emitters, (besides America), are five developing countries, who were omitted from being bound by Kyoto, because back in 1995, they were poor developing countries.

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Green Living Tips

JUNE 29, 2012

Carbon Capture and Storage/Sequestration (CCS) is one of a suite of so-called "clean coal" technologies touted to allow us to continue burning coal for electricity generation but with drastically reduced emissions

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Green Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

A great decision by Germany to prohibit as yet commercially unproven Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). The World is running out of time to tackle man-made climate change and dishonest, ineffective approaches such as the CCS, ETS and “coal to gas transition” (gas is dirty and can be dirtier than coal GHG-wise) will simply delay requisite climate change action.

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Green Prophet

APRIL 28, 2011

Oil giants are looking into CCS to cut greenhouse gases. According to a study conducted by Australia’s Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute, there are currently 243 CCS projects in development worldwide, of which only 85 are large scale. As yet, only eight large-scale CCS projects are actually in operation. CCS makes sense for an oil company from a business point of view. If the pilot project succeeds, the entire oil field will be utilized for CCS.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

MARCH 16, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Green Products: Pepsi To Use a Bottle Made from 100% Plant Materials by greenwise on March 16, 2011 Pepsi announced that it will begin using a new bottle for soft drinks made from 100% plant based materials. According to the company, the new bottle looks and feels just like the old plastic ones, but it is made from entirely renewable materials.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Green Products: Pepsi To Use a Bottle Made from 100% Plant Materials by greenwise on March 16, 2011 Pepsi announced that it will begin using a new bottle for soft drinks made from 100% plant based materials. According to the company, the new bottle looks and feels just like the old plastic ones, but it is made from entirely renewable materials.

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EcoFriend

MARCH 24, 2012

It’s believed that carbon capture and storage (CCS) from conventional power plants could reduce the amount of CO2 in the air by as much as 90 percent. However, it’s also believed that it could increase fuel needs of coal-fired CCS plants by 25-40 percent. Many are also convinced that applying the technology to existing factories that don’t serve as a good point for CCS will be more expensive. Merit of CCS systems. d) CCS may not apply to every industry.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

DECEMBER 23, 2010

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Green Living Tip: Recycle Aluminum by greenwise on December 23, 2010 Here is a simple tip for living greener. Aluminum is 100% recyclable. It can be reused over and over again without losing its structural integrity. Reuse it for covering food items, rinsing or washing with soap and water as necessary.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Five Green Cities by greenwise on December 20, 2010 Post describes 5 green cities around the world on “ How Stuff Works &# For the record, they are 5. Malmo, Sweden 4. Copenhagen, Denmark 3. Portland, Oregon USA 2. Vancouver, BC Canada 1. Reykjavik, Iceland We previously posted about the virtual elimination of fossil fuels in Iceland.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

JANUARY 20, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Go Green, Save Energy and Be Cool by greenwise on January 20, 2011 The iPhone has been an overwhelming success. It combines first-in-class features and utility with the coolness of Apple’s design. Now there are some new devices available that let you go green and save energy as you show the world how cool you are. You can charge your iPhone with sunlight.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Go Green, Save Energy and Be Cool by greenwise on January 20, 2011 The iPhone has been an overwhelming success. It combines first-in-class features and utility with the coolness of Apple’s design. Now there are some new devices available that let you go green and save energy as you show the world how cool you are. You can charge your iPhone with sunlight.

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Save Energy Saving Energy 2011 Energy 155

Living Green & Saving Energy

DECEMBER 31, 2010

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Best of How to Go Green from 2010 by greenwise on December 31, 2010 Here is a list of the most popular posts from the past year. Check out those you missed and place your vote for the best of the year in the comments. Thanks and best wishes for 2011. A three part series on how to solve the world’s energy problem, Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

JANUARY 17, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Global Warming Helps International Relations by greenwise on January 17, 2011 Although the rate of sea level rise has likely been overstated—indeed, a major scientific paper on this topic was formally retracted by leading climate scientists last year—there are signs that ocean levels are slowly on the rise.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Global Warming Helps International Relations by greenwise on January 17, 2011 Although the rate of sea level rise has likely been overstated—indeed, a major scientific paper on this topic was formally retracted by leading climate scientists last year—there are signs that ocean levels are slowly on the rise.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

MARCH 2, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy All Natural Foot Therapy: Garra Rufa Fish Give a Great Foot Massage by greenwise on March 2, 2011 Heads up: this post is a bit different—no, a lot different, than my typical blog musings. But I hope you will enjoy it, nonetheless. Walking through an airport last week I saw something that really got my attention. There were several tanks full of small fish.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

MARCH 2, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy All Natural Foot Therapy: Garra Rufa Fish Give a Great Foot Massage by greenwise on March 2, 2011 Heads up: this post is a bit different—no, a lot different, than my typical blog musings. But I hope you will enjoy it, nonetheless. Walking through an airport last week I saw something that really got my attention. There were several tanks full of small fish.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Three Reasons Why Is Green Living Important by greenwise on February 1, 2011 How to go green has been a frequent topic on this site. I have addressed the question of why someone would want to go green to a lesser extent. There are many reasons, and people are motivated by different things, so there is no over-riding reason to go green.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Three Reasons Why Is Green Living Important by greenwise on February 1, 2011 How to go green has been a frequent topic on this site. I have addressed the question of why someone would want to go green to a lesser extent. There are many reasons, and people are motivated by different things, so there is no over-riding reason to go green.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Renewable Energy Supported in Tax Bill by greenwise on December 22, 2010 The compromise bill that extended the Bush Tax Cuts included a lot of pork, and the renewable energy industry got its share of the bacon. Here is a rundown of the most prominent goodies. Solar and geothermal energy projects got an extension of the 30% grant toward costs.

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Renewable Energy 2010 Renew Renewable 141

Living Green & Saving Energy

MARCH 11, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy 10 Greenest Cars You Can Buy by greenwise on March 11, 2011 Want to know the greenest cars for 2011 ? You can get the rundown thanks to a post by Treehugger columnist Jacob Gordon on the MSN network. The list of the 10 greenest vehicles was compiled by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy in their aptly-named Green Book.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

MARCH 11, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy 10 Greenest Cars You Can Buy by greenwise on March 11, 2011 Want to know the greenest cars for 2011 ? You can get the rundown thanks to a post by Treehugger columnist Jacob Gordon on the MSN network. The list of the 10 greenest vehicles was compiled by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy in their aptly-named Green Book.

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2011 Biofuel CCS Oklahoma 138

Living Green & Saving Energy

MARCH 3, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Green Product Alert: Biodegradable Sneakers by greenwise on March 3, 2011 Biodegradable sneakers are almost here. Courtesy of a Dutch company, a new line of sneakers are about to hit the market. Made of hemp, cork, cotton, biodegradable plastic, and other non-toxic materials, these sneakers are completely biodegradable. But it gets even better.

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Products 2011 Biofuel Green 136

Living Green & Saving Energy

MARCH 3, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Green Product Alert: Biodegradable Sneakers by greenwise on March 3, 2011 Biodegradable sneakers are almost here. Courtesy of a Dutch company, a new line of sneakers are about to hit the market. Made of hemp, cork, cotton, biodegradable plastic, and other non-toxic materials, these sneakers are completely biodegradable. But it gets even better.

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2011 Products Green Biofuel 136

Living Green & Saving Energy

MARCH 7, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Development of Biofuels Is a National Security Issue by greenwise on March 7, 2011 A column in Biofuels Digest by retired General and one-time presidential candidate Wesley Clark makes the case that the development of biofuels capability in the USA is important for national security. We have made this point at Living Green and Saving Energy before.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

MARCH 7, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Development of Biofuels Is a National Security Issue by greenwise on March 7, 2011 A column in Biofuels Digest by retired General and one-time presidential candidate Wesley Clark makes the case that the development of biofuels capability in the USA is important for national security. We have made this point at Living Green and Saving Energy before.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

JANUARY 24, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Biofuels: Top 10 Predictions for 2011 by greenwise on January 24, 2011 Biofuels Digest released its top 10 predictions for the biofuels industry for 2011. As the leading biofuels online publisher, this is becoming an annual feature.

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2011 Biofuel Ethanol Save Energy 133

Living Green & Saving Energy

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Biofuels Best Supporting Argument by greenwise on December 21, 2010 Biofuels development has been supported by a number of groups with different interests and agendas. Supporters in farm states like the increased demand for corn and other crops. Environmentalists support biofuels that offer a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

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2010 Biofuel Save Energy Saving Energy 130

Living Green & Saving Energy

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Biofuels Best Supporting Argument by greenwise on December 21, 2010 Biofuels development has been supported by a number of groups with different interests and agendas. Supporters in farm states like the increased demand for corn and other crops. Environmentalists support biofuels that offer a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

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Biofuel 2010 CCS Save Energy 130

Living Green & Saving Energy

JANUARY 3, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy How To Go Green: 5 Green Living Resolutions for 2011 by greenwise on January 3, 2011 I have set 5 green living resolutions for 2011, focusing on actions that will save money as well as cut energy use. Here they are: 1. Buy an insulating blanket and wrap around the water heater. Check attic insulation and make sure there are no gaps allowing for heat loss this winter.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Time for Gratitude, The Key to Greater Happiness by greenwise on December 30, 2010 As the end of 2010 approaches, the time for New Year’s Resolutions begins. Many people reflect on the year that just passed and make resolutions for the year to come. One of my resolutions is to be more grateful. For one thing, gratitude is the key to greater happiness.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

MARCH 25, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy How to Go Green and Save Money Guaranteed by greenwise on March 25, 2011 Saving money is one of the best reasons for living green and one of the best motivators to go green as well. Today I am offering you one, simple green tip that is absolutely, 100% certain to save you money. Buy and use power strips for your electronics.

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2011 Save Energy Saving Energy Green 150

Living Green & Saving Energy

MARCH 25, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy How to Go Green and Save Money Guaranteed by greenwise on March 25, 2011 Saving money is one of the best reasons for living green and one of the best motivators to go green as well. Today I am offering you one, simple green tip that is absolutely, 100% certain to save you money. Buy and use power strips for your electronics.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Geothermal Energy For a Chicago-Area Walgreens by greenwise on December 29, 2010 I have written about the benefits of geothermal energy before. Geothermal heat pumps have the potential to be one of the most cost-effective ways to use renewable energy to heat and cool homes and businesses.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Geothermal Energy For a Chicago-Area Walgreens by greenwise on December 29, 2010 I have written about the benefits of geothermal energy before. Geothermal heat pumps have the potential to be one of the most cost-effective ways to use renewable energy to heat and cool homes and businesses.

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Geothermal Geothermal Energy Chicago 2010 154

Living Green & Saving Energy

JANUARY 12, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Living Green and Healthy: 5 Health Benefits from Going Green by greenwise on January 12, 2011 I spend a fair amount of time on Living Green and Saving Energy describing how to go green and save money as a result. But as important as saving money is for most people, perhaps it is not the most important benefit of a greener lifestyle.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

JANUARY 12, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Living Green and Healthy: 5 Health Benefits from Going Green by greenwise on January 12, 2011 I spend a fair amount of time on Living Green and Saving Energy describing how to go green and save money as a result. But as important as saving money is for most people, perhaps it is not the most important benefit of a greener lifestyle.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Two Financial Benefits of Solar Panels by greenwise on February 4, 2011 The economics of solar panels for the home was the topic of a previous post.

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Living Green & Saving Energy

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Two Financial Benefits of Solar Panels by greenwise on February 4, 2011 The economics of solar panels for the home was the topic of a previous post.

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Solar 2011 Biofuel Tax Incentives 151

Living Green & Saving Energy

JANUARY 25, 2011

Home About Us Contact Us Products Green Tips EBooks Going Green: Questions and Answers Subscribe Living Green and Saving Energy Educating About Living and Working Green: Get Them While They Are Young by greenwise on January 25, 2011 Green practices for both the home and workplace are trending up, and one of the best ways to reinforce the trend toward going green is through education, both in high school and college. Two articles caught my attention in this regard.

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