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Salon.com September 24, 2002 Katharine Mieszkowski	Hydrotopia Say goodbye to fossil fuels. Author and environmentalist Jeremy Rifkin explains why hydrogen is the next great power source.
Popular Mechanics November 14, 2006 Jerry Beilinson	Carbon Futures It's a bit ironic, but the dirtiest of alternative energy technologies could have the biggest impact. Gasification is the process of taking one fuel -- coal, often -- and turning it into a gas (syngas) that can be burned, plus a bunch of other chemicals.
Chemistry World July 18, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Membranes Weed Out Carbon Dioxide Chemical membranes that can capture the carbon dioxide emitted by fossil fuels have been developed by scientists, who say that they are substantially more efficient than conventional membranes.
Popular Mechanics November 2006 Wise & Hutchinson	The Truth About Hydrogen Can the simplest element in the universe really power our homes, fuel our cars and reduce our contribution to global warming? PM crunches the numbers on the real hydrogen economy.
Chemistry World March 14, 2013 Mark Peplow	Hydrogen's false economy Hydrogen will undoubtedly find transport niches, but talk of hydrogen powering a substantial proportion of the planet's billion cars (and counting) is driven more by techno-optimism than evidence.
Geotimes December 2006 Fred Schwab	Why Fester? Let's Sequester! Instead of looking toward another fossil fuel-based energy choice, scientists need to examine carbon dioxide sequestering, the capture and storage technology that removes anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Scientific American August 2007	Worse Than Gasoline Liquid coal would produce roughly twice the global warming emissions of gasoline.
National Defense October 2007 Michael G. Frodl	USAF Synthetic Fuel Program Could Help Solve Unwanted Carbon Problem The Air Force is seeking to acquire 50% of its fuel needs from domestic sources by 2016, and half of that is expected to come from synthetic fuel, mainly made from coal.
Reason October 2004 Adrian Moore	Hydrogen Hot Air In most cases fueling cars with hydrogen would make little net difference in emissions of greenhouse gases, and in some cases would even increase them.
Geotimes March 2003	Demonstrating Carbon Sequestration Estimates are that human activity emits 7 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year. One proposed method for reducing how much of the greenhouse gas ends up in the atmosphere is to store the carbon dioxide underground. Natural reservoirs of the gas exist, suggesting that it is feasible.
Chemistry World February 26, 2013 Holly Sheahan	Capturing the potential of carbon dioxide A team of researchers from the University of Bath have opened up the idea of using carbon dioxide as a useful potential feedstock; a useful chemical resource rather than a troublesome waste product.
Chemistry World May 24, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	BP Pulls Out of Carbon Capture Plans Due to slow governmental support, BP has ditched plans to build the world's first carbon capture and storage power plant in Scotland.
BusinessWeek December 30, 2009	The Greenhouse Gas Gap Companies and countries report their emissions but the disclosed amounts often don't add up to what's actually in the air.
Chemistry World October 16, 2015 James Urquhart	Microporous copper silicate sucks up carbon dioxide A carbon capturing microporous copper silicate material has been created that could offer a cheaper and simpler way of capturing carbon dioxide from the gas flues of fossil fuel power plants.
Scientific American May 15, 2006 Gunjan Sinha	Pumping Coal Coming soon to the U.S.: Cleaner diesel from dirty coal.
Chemistry World November 13, 2007 Lewis Brindley	Hydrogen From Sewage Hits Production Records Scientists have drastically improved the efficiency of bacteria-powered fuel cells that convert biodegradable organic matter into hydrogen gas. They hope their discovery will make it possible to generate hydrogen from sewage, sustainably and on a large scale.
National Defense September 2006 Grace Jean	Fuel Cell Technology Positioned as Viable Alternative to Generators Developers of fuel cell technologies are confident that they can answer the call for "more power on the battlefield."
Geotimes March 2003 S. Julio Friedmann	Storing Carbon in Earth Carbon sequestration is capturing carbon dioxide, either from the atmosphere or emission streams, and storing it in reservoirs, such as plants or soils. Carbon dioxide could be converted to solid chemicals or injected into the deep ocean. Though there are risks, the potential pay-off is enormous.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Big Oil Doesn't Hate Hydrogen Oil companies can be nasty, sure, but alternative-energy fans have exaggerated their faults. Ignore the hype, investigate the technology, and invest accordingly.
Fast Company June 2008	Hope for Hydrogen Letters to the Editor: Does Iceland Have the Answer to Our Energy Problems?
Chemistry World September 15, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Oxyfuel carbon capture trial launched The world's first coal-fired power station to capture and store its own carbon dioxide emissions was launched on 9 September by Swedish power company Vattenfall in the north-eastern German city of Spremberg.
Popular Mechanics March 28, 2008 Joanna Borns	Spongelike Air-Capture Gadget Scrubs Away Carbon Emissions Researchers have invented a phone-booth-size device that can take back the carbon dioxide emissions that have already reached the atmosphere.
Geotimes March 2006 Naomi Lubick	Soaking up Carbon Researchers recently announced that they had created metal-based sponges that have exceptionally high capacity for storing carbon dioxide. This nanotechnology is one of many new solutions in the search to find a fix for storing human-emitted carbon-based greenhouse gases.
Chemistry World October 2007 Bernard Bulkin	Can Chemistry Save the Planet? If we are to scale back our greenhouse gas emissions without society juddering to a halt, 21st century transport will need 21st century fuels. And of all the sciences, it is chemistry that is best placed to deliver them.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2011 Travis Hoium	Fuel Cell Profits Fail to Fire Up Ballard Power Systems and FuelCell Energy can't get past their money-losing days.
Chemistry World April 4, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Dutch Power Ahead with Carbon Capture The first Dutch trial to capture carbon dioxide from a power plant's waste gas emissions has been launched in Rotterdam, Europe's largest port.
IEEE Spectrum March 2008 Prachi Patel-Predd	Carbon Capture Starts From Coal-Plant Advances in Lab Two research groups come up with super carbon-capturing materials.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2007 Jack Uldrich	GE Cleans Up Investors looking for a safe play in "clean tech" should consider this giant conglomerate.
Popular Mechanics December 8, 2009 James B. Meigs	The Myth of Clean Coal: Analysis Although coal-fired power plants are cleaner than they used to be, they are still bad news for the environment and human health.
Reason June 2009 Ronald Bailey	Energy Futures A quick guide to alternative energy sources we may see in the not-too-distant future.
Science News May 9, 2009	Science Past From The Issue Of May 9, 1959 Scientists predict 25% increase in carbon dioxide by the year 2000.
Technology Research News February 25, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Ethanol yields hydrogen Researchers have devised a way to extract hydrogen directly from ethanol, which would make for a renewable energy cycle. Ethanol is produced by converting biomass like cornstarch to sugar, then fermenting it.
Popular Mechanics December 17, 2009 Adam Hadhazy	How the Manufacturing Sector Can Curtail Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Increasing efficiency, which reduces emissions, also improves the bottom line, and so the manufacturing industry has already begun to think creatively about its sizable carbon footprint.
Chemistry World October 2011	Fuelling the Future Fuel cell vehicles have taken a back seat to battery and hybrid power in recent years. But hydrogen still holds promise in the long term.
The Motley Fool May 28, 2011 Marc Gunther	GE's Big Bet on Natural Gas The company cites a push toward natural gas and says its new plant leads the way in efficiency.
Chemistry World May 11, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Greenhouse gas milestone exceeded Global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels surpassed 400ppm in March for the first time on record, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Scientific American November 2006	California, Here We Come In August the California legislature approved a bill calling for a 25% cut in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 2020. But the federal courts may frustrate the states' efforts rather than furthering them.
IEEE Spectrum August 2008 William Sweet	A Connecticut Fuel Cell In South Korea's Grid Breakthrough contracts revive hydrogen hopes in electric power
Chemistry World February 13, 2015 Tim Wogan	GM bacteria convert solar energy to liquid fuels A new scheme for storing the energy from photovoltaic cells, in which genetically modified bacteria reduce carbon dioxide to liquid fuels with hydrogen from water-splitting, has been proposed and partially demonstrated.
Chemistry World January 23, 2008 Michael Gross	Turning Gas Into Fuel Cheaply Researchers in Japan have developed a fuel cell that can convert methane, the main component of natural gas, into methanol, a useful fuel, at moderate temperatures.
Reactive Reports Issue 71 David Bradley	Sunshine Superpower Sandia National Laboratory's sunshine to petrol project is hoping to pluck new fuel from thin air.
National Defense October 2009 Jean & Erwin	Cleaner, More Efficient Method for Capturing CO2 Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have developed a screening method that would use ionic liquids -- a special type of molten salt that becomes liquid under the boiling point of water -- to separate carbon dioxide from its source.
Chemistry World October 5, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Air, Can we Have Our Carbon Back? Sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is outlandishly expensive. But a US scientist who has just worked out how to improve its efficiency predicts it will be necessary before the end of the century.
HBS Working Knowledge September 24, 2014 Joseph Lassiter	We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it. New nuclear power technology could be the miracle we need to combat dangerous carbon emissions, says the author.
Technology Research News September 22, 2004 Kimberly Patch	Fuel Cell Converts Waste to Power One problem with fuel cells is that they produce carbon monoxide, which can gum up the works. Researchers have found a way to use the carbon monoxide to produce more energy in a reaction that can take place at room temperature.
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean	Hydrogen Fuel Cells to Power Homes, Vehicles in Japan Next year, companies including Panasonic, Toshiba and Toyota will begin selling residential fuel cell systems across the nation, says Hisashi Yano, director of the Japan Hydrogen Fuel Cell demonstration park.
Popular Mechanics December 12, 2008 Melinda Wenner	U.N. Puts Greenhouse-Free Clean Coal on the Back Burner U.N. plans to sign a new international climate treaty next year, and in negotiating recommendations delegates found common ground in many areas.
Chemistry World April 28, 2009 Lewis Brindley	New catalyst means cheap hydrogen from power stations A new catalyst system could improve the efficiency of gas-fired power stations by producing hydrogen gas as a by-product, say Dutch researchers.
Wired April 2003 Schwartz & Randall	How Hydrogen Can Save America The cost of oil dependence has never been so clear. Consumers are ready for an alternative. From Detroit to Dallas, even the oil establishment is primed for change. We put a man on the moon in a decade; we can achieve energy independence just as fast. Here's how.
National Defense October 2006 Robert H. Williams	Easy Access to Hydrogen Proposed A Massachusetts company believes it has perfected technology that removes a key roadblock -- the scarcity of fuel outlets -- to the widespread use of hydrogen powered automobiles.