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New Study Casts Doubt on Carbon Sequestration

In the U.S., coal-reliant states like Wyoming are funding new CCS plants in hopes of maintaining longterm energy relevance in a reduced carbon world. But the process could be undermined by the risk of leakage, according to a study just published by Nature Geoscience.

8Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Wind Energy in Wyoming: Relatively Cheap in a
Competitive Western Market

Wind developers can produce some of the cheapest wind energy in the West in Wyoming, according to a new study, but the cost advantage decreases when you take into accounts for delivering the power to West Coast markets.

6Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Value Of Views: BLM Conducts ‘Visual Inventory’ to Help Guide Wind Development

To prepare for a planning review of the resource management plans that guide wind energy and other development on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management’s Rock Springs and Rawlins field offices are hosting a series of open houses to collect information for a “visual inventory” of southern Wyoming.

5Jul2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
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Study Says Natural Gas Use Likely to Double

The increase, the report concluded, will come largely at the expense of coal and will be driven both by abundant supplies of natural gas — made more available by shale drilling — and by measures to restrict the carbon dioxide emissions that are linked to climate change.

3Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Oil Firms Question Carbon Sequestration

From their view, it doesn’t make sense to inject carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas — for permanent geologic storage when the industry is desperate for CO2 supplies to flush more oil from existing fields.

1Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Reporting from Whitefish –
Western Governors Release Climate
Adaptation Report

The Western Governors’ Association has published a climate adaptation scoping report that emphasizes the need for coordination between state and federal efforts to identify key science that is Western specific and begins to share and implement smart practices.

1Jul2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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