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Sequestration Info/Education: for biosequestration see soil page...

"Coal-fired power plants represent the nation’s largest source of carbon dioxide" www.ucsusa.org

www.mckinseyquarterly.com	What is carbon capture and storage? An interactive depiction of the technologies involved in CCS. Mckinsey Quarterly.
www.epa.gov	EPA's Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide and ground water concerns addressed.
www.forestcarbonportal.com	Ecosystem Marketplace’s Forest Carbon Portal a Toolbox of resources to help you navigate the world of forest carbon, from introductory reports to project design methodologies and market analyses.

Sequestration News:
wordpress.com/tag/ carbon-capture	Word Press. Posted carbon Capture blog-news.
www.popsci.com	Popular Science. Carbon Sequestration news stories.
www.forestcarbonportal.com	Ecosystem Marketplace’s Forest Carbon Portal is a clearinghouse of information, feature stories, event listings, project details, ‘how-to’ guides, news, and market analysis on land-based carbon sequestration projects—from forest to farm.
www.nature.com	Nature- Published online: 13 November 2008. "Going underground" Carbon capture and storage may be one way to achieve deep reductions in emissions, but ensuring the gas stays buried will be crucial to proving its viability. Mark Schrope reports on a promising new method for monitoring carbon dioxide deep underground.
www.economist.com	"Scrubbing the skies" Mar 5th 2009, The Economist print edition. Environment: Removing carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere could help combat climate change. Will it really work?

Sequestration Organizations: `see also Storage below...`
www.co2captureandstorage.info	International Energy Agency's Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme provides a collection of resources related to the capture and storage of CO2.

Sequestration Projects of interest:
www.forestcarbonportal.com	Ecosystem Marketplace’s Forest Carbon Portal is a clearinghouse of information, feature stories, event listings, project details, ‘how-to’ guides, news, and market analysis on land-based carbon sequestration projects—from forest to farm.
news.cnet.com	Skyonic, "has come up with an industrial process called SkyMine that captures 90 percent of the carbon dioxide coming out of smoke stacks and mixes it with sodium hydroxide to make sodium bicarbonate. The energy required for the reaction to turn the chemicals into baking soda comes from the waste heat from the factory." CNet. November 27, 2007.
www.vattenfall.com	Vattenfall. All available documents on Vattenfall´s CCS project.
www.valcent.net	Valcent Products, In joint venture with Global Green Solutions, have one acre of greenhouses with Vertigro algae bioreactors in El Paso, Texas absorbing and sequestering carbon dioxide.
www.ent.ohiou.edu	Ohio University's Coal Research Center. Biosequestration of Greenhouse Gases. DOE grant for an algae-fueled bioreactor.
www.coalresearchforum.org	Demonstration of an Oxyfuel Combustion System Project update Current Oxyfuel Combustion Activities at Doosan Babcock Energy Limited- First generation oxyfuel burner design. Coal Research Forum 19th Annual Meeting, University of Nottingham, 10 April 2008. PDF.

We currently add about 36 billion tons of Carbon dioxide emissions per year into our atmosphere and that number is growing by 1 to 2 percent per year during normal years. whatmatters.mckinseydigital.com

Sequestration Reports: for biosequestration see soil page...
www.osti.gov	DOE's Office of Scientific and Technical Information, Information Bridge. Lists 10,000+ DOE publications for Carbon Capture. 1900+ publications for Sequestration.
www.ipcc.ch	IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. Prepared by Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Covers the properties of CO2, where the CO2 can be stored, how geologic storage should be conducted, The permanence of underground disposal, The potential impacts of leakage, and how potential leaks could be detected and fixed. 2005.
www.forestcarbonportal.com	Ecosystem Marketplace’s Forest Carbon Portal a Toolbox of resources to help you navigate the world of forest carbon, from introductory reports to project design methodologies and market analyses. To narrow your search to reports- see box on bottom right.
pdf.wri.org	World Resources Institute. This policy brief outlines high-level issues related to deployment of carbon dioxide capture and geological sequestration. It serves as a broad introduction to some of the key challenges that must be addressed for wide-scale deployment of CCS.
www.wri.org	"Guidelines for Carbon Dioxide Capture, Transport, and Storage" October, 2008. The World Resources Institute (WRI) convened a diverse group of over 80 stakeholders to develop Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) Guidelines to ensure CCS projects are conducted safely and effectively.
www.wri.org	"Capturing King Coal: Deploying Carbon Capture and Storage Systems in the U.S. at Scale" Coal combustion produces about 1.9 billion tons of CO2 per year in the U.S. There is considerable complexity involved in deploying a national CCS system at the scale necessary to achieve significant emissions reductions. World Resources Institute, May, 2008.
www.worldenergy.org	World Energy Council. Carbon Capture and Storage: a WEC “Interim Balance” report provides a summary of the ongoing work of the Cleaner Fossil Fuels Systems Committee. It focuses primarily on the topic of Carbon Capture & Storage. Nov 2007. PDF.
www.ieagreen.org.uk	International Energy Agency's Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme. "CO2 Capture" This report provides a summary of CO2 capture processes. It also evaluates the effect of CO2 capture on different power plant technologies, examining plant performances, investment and production costs as well as environmental impacts. The report also discusses how the choice of power plant technology and CO2 capture method can depend on many factors besides cost and efficiency as well as other influences. PDF.
www.pewclimate.org	Pew Center. A Program to Accelerate the Deployment of CO2 Capture and Storage: Rationale, Objectives, and Cost is the first in a series of papers that explore strategies for addressing CO2 emissions from using coal to provide electricity. October 2007.
www.pewclimate.org	Pew Center. A Trust Fund Approach to Accelerating Deployment of CCS: Options and Considerations is the second in a series of papers that explore strategies for addressing CO2 emissions from using coal to provide electricity. Jan 2008.
www.theclimategroup.org	"Carbon Down, Profits Up" report, describes actions taken by many companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The report also highlights the advantages gained by firms that take early action to address climate change. PDF.
www.ncseonline.org	National Council for Science and the Environment, CRS Report for Congress- "Regulation of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sequestration Pipelines: Jurisdictional Issues" 15-Apr-2008 This report discusses federal jurisdictional uncertainty over CO2 pipelines under existing law, as well as potential legislative activity to address any possible regulatory “gap” in jurisdiction. PDF.
www.unep.org	"Carbon, Forests and People: Towards the integrated management of carbon sequestration, the environment and sustainable livelihoods" United Nations Environment Programme, 2002. PDF.
www.wupperinst.org	"CO2-Capture and Geological Storage as a Climate Policy Option" This publication provides a close look at this new line of technologies, describing its current status and outlining the prospects for development. Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy 2007.

Sequestration Research:
www.princeton.edu	Carbon Mitigation Initiative is a joint project of Princeton University, BP and the Ford Motor Company to find solutions to the greenhouse and global warming problem. Researchers are developing strategies to reduce global carbon dioxide emissions that will be safe, effective, and affordable.
climate.columbia.edu	Columbia Climate Center was formed by the Earth Institute to meet the climate challenge by integrating and building upon the many climate-related activities and research efforts conducted throughout Columbia University. Mitigation info and research.
gcep.stanford.edu	Stanford University: Global Climate and Energy Project. CO2 Capture Research. See Advanced Coal Capture as well...
www.ent.ohiou.edu	Ohio University's Coal Research Center. Biosequestration of Greenhouse Gases. Have a grant for algae-fueled bioreactor.
www.marketresearch.com	MarketResearch is the world's largest and continuously updated collection of market research, offering more than 160,000 market research reports from over 600 leading global publishers. Fees.
dels.nas.edu	National Academies- Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change. The panel will describe, analyze, and assess strategies for reducing the net future human influence on climate, including both technology and policy options. The panel will focus on actions to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions and other human drivers of climate change, such as changes in land use, but will also consider the international dimensions of climate stabilization.

"Curbing climate change is about combining technology, finance, and policy in a wise way... If that is done worldwide a carbon dioxide market will follow. Technology is not an unsolvable problem, given time and incentives, neither is financing. The real challenge is policy." www.combatclimatechange.org.pdf

Storage News:
wordpress.com/tag/ carbon-storage	Word Press. Carbon Storage blog/news.

Storage Research:
gcep.stanford.edu	Stanford University: Global Climate and Energy Project. CO2 Storage.

Storage Reports: for bio see soil page...
www.ieagreen.org	"Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide" This report looks at the factors governing the best assurance of safe and secure geologic storage. This includes a project that is well designed and conducted properly and carefully. More detailed explanations, including questions to ask about proposed projects to ensure that they are being conducted properly are available in this booklet." PDF.
www.ieagreen.org.uk	International Energy Agency. Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme "Storing CO2 Underground" This report provides a summary of how to capture and store CO2 in geological formations. It highlights the benefits of CO2 capture and storage, as well as how CO2 can be captured and stored. The report discusses how CO2 can be trapped underground and identifies the best regions for suitable storage sites." PDF.
www.ieagreen.org.uk	"Ocean Storage of CO2" examines the state of knowledge about CO2 injection in the deep ocean. This International Energy Agency GHG report reviews what research is needed to ensure that sufficient information becomes available to understand the potential benefits and consequences of ocean storage of CO2. PDF.
www.wupperinst.org	"CO2-Capture and Geological Storage as a Climate Policy Option" This publication provides a close look at this new line of technologies, describing its current status and outlining the prospects for development. Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy 2007. PDF.

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