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Chemistry World December 12, 2012 Yan Yan |
China's emissions may peak as soon as 2025 New research suggests that China's carbon emissions could peak as soon as 2025. But not everyone is convinced by these projections. |
Chemistry World April 22, 2009 Matt Wilkinson |
Darling budgets for high tech growth Alistair Darling, the UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer, gave a speech which focused heavily on how he wants to produce a 'hi tech Britain that will lead our economic recovery' |
Chemistry World January 10, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Green Light for UK Nuclear Power The UK government has formally announced its long-awaited decision to support a new generation of nuclear power stations. Scientists, while welcoming the government's decision, also warned that plenty of detailed decisions remained. |
Chemistry World February 2011 |
What proportion of the world's energy supply will be sustainable by 2020? Three experts from different fields provide insights into scientific and political problems that impact energy stability. |
Scientific American September 2009 Jeffrey D. Sachs |
The U.S. Must Prioritize Its Carbon Strategy [Extended version] The Obama administration needs an energy strategy alongside the ambitious climate bill |
Chemistry World August 8, 2008 |
Funding Carbon Capture As the UK inches towards a 2014 large-scale demonstration of carbon capture and storage, scientists and MPs are urging for more incentives to get the costly technology commercial by 2020. |
Chemistry World February 9, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
Calls for UK Investment in Carbon Capture The UK government must invest immediately in carbon capture and storage technologies to meet carbon emissions targets, a parliamentary committee has urged. |
Chemistry World July 21, 2009 Anna Lewcock |
Degrees of freedom The global nature of the climate change offers both opportunities and challenges. The US, for example, is keen to establish international cooperation and collaboration in climate change research |
Chemistry World June 20, 2008 Richard Van Noorden |
Global industries call for carbon cuts Business leaders from more than 90 of the world's largest companies, including major chemical companies, have endorsed a policy framework for tackling climate change ahead of July's G8 summit in Japan. |
Chemistry World November 24, 2011 Hepeng Jia |
China's emissions still surging China's carbon dioxide emissions have kept growing quickly, shadowing worldwide efforts to fight global warming. |
Geotimes July 2007 Megan Sever |
Affording the Costs of Climate Change Taking immediate action to try to mitigate climate change is not only necessary, it is affordable, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. |
Chemistry World November 5, 2014 |
Emissions must hit zero by 2100, says IPCC The International Panel on Climate Change says that carbon emissions will have to fall to zero by 2100, but that the means to achieve this are economically affordable. |
Chemistry World September 2010 Tsouris et al. |
Do we really need carbon capture and storage? The two sides of the CCS debate go head to head - should CCS be backed or sidelined? |
Chemistry World October 2007 Jeff Hardy |
Mind the Gap The technology to plug the UK's energy gap is already here. But where is the political will? |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Jack Uldrich |
The Jolly Green Giants Washington will be getting involved in the energy industry in a big way in the coming years. Investors who want to profit will need to understand which companies will win and which will lose under various regulatory schemes. |
BusinessWeek June 25, 2007 Eugene Linden |
From Peak Oil To Dark Age? Oil output has stalled, and it's not clear the capacity exists to raise production. |
Chemistry World June 30, 2009 Sarah Houlton |
Climate change roadmaps announced UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set out a 'Roadmap to Copenhagen' in advance of the climate change conference being held in the Danish capital in December. |
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 June 2006 |
Comment: RSC Prepared for the Future Simon Campbell reflects on the Royal Society of Chemistry's achievements during his presidency. |
IEEE Spectrum November 2009 Divan & Kreikebaum |
Biofuels Aren't Really Green Cultivate inorganic energy sources instead of biofuels. The model we constructed showed that there is simply not enough land and water to support a prosperous biofueled world. |
Chemistry World October 9, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
World's first carbon capture coal plant opens The world's first first large-scale power station equipped with carbon capture and storage technology officially opened in Canada and it's expected to trap around 1 million tons of carbon dioxide every year. |
Chemistry World August 2006 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: Action Please, Not Reviews of Reviews Whether developing new materials for fuel cells, or contributing to the Council for Science and Technology's nano-review, chemists' voices in the UK must be heard by policy-makers. Given the current pause for further thought, now is the perfect time to chip in. |
Chemistry World May 23, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
UK Government Reveals Energy Plans Scientists have cautiously welcomed the UK government's drive towards renewable energy and nuclear power. |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2009 Toby Shute |
2 Very Different Visions of Our Energy Future Take a break from the year-ahead forecasts to consider these multi-decade assessments. |
Chemistry World October 6, 2015 Angeli Mehta |
China launches nationwide emissions trading scheme China has announced that it will implement a national emissions trading scheme in 2017, and encourage more power generation from renewables. |
Parameters Spring 2006 Nader Elhefnawy |
Toward a Long-Range Energy Security Policy An overview of US and international energy policy, including the prospects for an economy based on renewable energy, the security problems likely to result from tightening oil supplies, and a possible basis for making the transition to alternatives. |
Chemistry World May 24, 2011 Andrew Turley |
Chemical industry fears over UK emissions plans Government plans to cut UK greenhouse gas emissions risk crippling the chemical sector and thereby harming chances of moving to a low emissions future |
Wired May 19, 2008 Alex Steffen |
Counterpoint: Dangers of Focusing Solely on Climate Change To have any hope of staving off collapse, we need to move forward with measures that address many interrelated problems and not just focus on carbon. |
Chemistry World September 28, 2015 Emma Stoye |
Drax pulls out of carbon capture power station plans The owner of the UK's largest power station, Drax, has pulled out of plans to build a carbon capture and storage power plant because of changes in government policy. |
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. |
Chemistry World October 24, 2011 Patrick Walter |
UK Government Pulls the Plug on CCS Plant Plans for the UK's first commercial scale carbon capture and storage power plant have been shelved. |
Chemistry World October 12, 2009 Sarah Houlton |
EC pushes renewables research The European Commission has called for a dramatic increase in investment in low carbon technologies to address climate change and secure the future energy supply. |
Chemistry World May 4, 2007 Richard Van Noorden |
Cutting the Cost of Climate Change Scientists have welcomed a UN climate change report released on Friday that sets out a range of affordable options for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. |
Chemistry World July 14, 2006 Katharine Sanderson |
UK Government Unveils Energy Plans The UK government's long-awaited Energy Review contains great opportunities for chemists, but fails to pledge the research funding needed to meet the country's commitment to renewable energy. |
Chemistry World January 24, 2008 Arthur Rogers |
EU Extends Emissions Trading Scheme to Petrochemicals Proposals for reform of the EU emissions trading system (ETS) will impact the chemicals sector by extending the system to nitrous oxide (N 2O) emissions. |
Chemistry World April 2007 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: Swindled? The bottom line is that just a few degrees increase in global average temperatures is likely to have a severe impact on human life. The silver lining of anthropogenic climate change is that, being man-made, at least we stand a chance of doing something about it. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Jones & Keen |
Climate Policy in Hard Times Restoring economic growth after the global financial crisis need not thwart the fight against climate change |
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. |
Chemistry World March 25, 2010 Sarah Houlton |
Budget boon for science and industry Science and industry were offered a few nuggets of cheer during a political pre-election budget from Alistair Darling, the UK's chancellor of the exchequer. |
Chemistry World March 12, 2008 James Mitchell Crow |
Energy Focus as Small Firms Benefit From Darling's First Budget The UK government's 2008 budget sees small businesses and school science netting extra funding, and new environmental targets designed to boost renewable energy use. |
Chemistry World November 23, 2012 Nuala Moran |
Can the UK fund CCS? After several false dawns, two recent announcements suggest commercial-scale carbon capture and storage could finally be getting the go-ahead in the UK. |
Finance & Development December 2009 Bjorn Lomborg |
Technology, Not Talks, Will Save the Planet There are smarter alternatives to fighting climate change than cutting CO 2 emissions. |
Chemistry World February 2007 Helen Pilcher |
Living on Credits Carbon rationing isn't just a personal fancy. A growing band of UK politicians and scientists are touting it as the fairest and most practical way to cut emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. |
Chemistry World February 2008 Andrew Hagan |
The Future of the Chemical Industry The year ahead may offer financial uncertainty, but it also has abundant opportunities. |
BusinessWeek July 2, 2009 John Carey |
The Energy Bill: What Will It Cost? By putting limits on the emissions that cause climate change, the bill would alter the economy and make the nation cleaner and greener. |
Finance & Development March 2008 Natalia Tamirisa |
Climate Change and the Economy Policies to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases need not hobble the economy. |
Chemistry World December 14, 2015 Emma Stoye |
World leaders agree climate deal at COP21 talks Nearly 200 countries have come to an agreement at the UN's COP21 climate conference in Paris, Frances, where world leaders have been discussing how to tackle climate change. |
HBS Working Knowledge January 6, 2012 Toffel & Schendler |
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail Many companies receiving high marks in environmental sustainability are hurting the planet in other ways. |
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. |
Chemistry World June 2009 Lord Drayson |
World-leading research In the current climate - not just the downturn, but the reality of intense global competition - UK research chemists must join forces with business and government to exploit our abundant talent and potential. |