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The ‘why’ and ‘how’ of carbon capture technology for buildings

Envirotec Magazine

Soletair Power (Finland) has developed a seemingly unique solution for extracting carbon dioxide (CO2) from building ventilation systems to help achieve carbon net zero and even carbon negative building projects. Are carbon-negative buildings possible? The Power-to-X unit being demonstrated.

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2020: Fossil fuels are dead, long live the sun

GreenBiz

Consider this: In April, Royal Dutch Shell, one of the largest companies in the world, announced its intent to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050. No doubt Shell is counting on some miracle like carbon capture to preserve its adherence to a century-old business model of selling oil. And who could blame it? What happened?

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COVID-19 and a Path Toward a Greener Future

The Environmental Blog

Many economic sectors had slowed down or shuttered entirely due to lowered demand and health measures. While Nitrogen Dioxide is primarily produced by cars(EPA USA, 2016), other pollutants like Carbon Dioxide were on the fall too, with reduced global air travel reducing Carbon Dioxide emissions in the US by 17% ( Zogopoulos , 2021).

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What Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Gets Wrong About Heat Pumps

DeSmogBlog

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. Smith’s comments were made in the context of home heating costs within a wider discussion concerning carbon taxes and the affordability crisis.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

GreenBiz

And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project.

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Renewables costs keep on falling fast, but clean energy challenges remain

Business Green

The outlook for carbon capture and storage, both with gas and bioenergy, also appears to have improved significantly over the past four years. But the encouraging outlook for gas power with carbon capture and storage (CCS) is arguably more surprising.

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'Woefully inadequate': ExxonMobil touts 'Paris consistent' climate plan

Business Green

ExxonMobil has unveiled several short term targets to tackle its carbon intensity, methane emissions, and flaring activity in a new climate plan it claims is "projected to be consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement", despite the oil and gas giant's continuing refusal to set a long-term net zero emissions goal.

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