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Europe’s carbon capture activity must prompt policymakers to take action: More than 40 projects announced
Clean Air Task Force’s (CATF) Europe Carbon Capture Project and Activity Map shows more than 40 carbon capture projects have been announced across 13 different European countries. These announcements signal unprecedented industry interest in developing and deploying carbon capture and storage facilities for a climate-neutral Europe. This should be a…
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Scaling Up Climate Ambition: Carbon Capture, Removal, and Storage Priorities in the 117th Congress
Carbon capture, removal, and storage technologies are essential for achieving climate and net-zero emissions goals.
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European Parliament Clarifies Position on Hydrogen Strategy
CATF welcomes the adoption this afternoon by the European Parliament of its own-initiative report on the Hydrogen Strategy. The European Commission unveiled its strategy on 8 July 2020. Since hydrogen has a key role to play as a decarbonisation enabler for hard-to-electrify sectors, the Commission strategy aims to scale up…
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Decarbonisation Hubs and The Opportunity for Deep and Rapid Carbon Reduction
As the world seeks to deliver on the complex challenge of building decarbonised energy systems, reducing CO₂ emissions from industrial operations is critical as these account for around 23% of CO₂ emissions, as per data from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Based on the current trajectory, European final energy consumption…
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The American Jobs Plan: What’s in it for carbon capture?
The American Jobs Plan is the largest investment proposal to commercialize carbon management technologies ever put forward by a single government. The Plan could grow US carbon management capacity by more than 13 fold¹ by 2035 while safeguarding and creating tens of thousands American jobs² and establishing the US as a global leader in innovation and decarbonization.
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CATF Applauds Biden Infrastructure and Climate Plan, A Critical Step Forward for U.S. Decarbonization
BOSTON – Clean Air Task Force applauds the Biden Administration’s newly unveiled $2 trillion American Jobs Plan, which includes critical support for the technologies needed to decarbonize the U.S. economy. “In order to tackle the climate crisis, we need to rapidly develop and scale a broad array of critical zero-carbon technologies.” said Armond Cohen, Executive Director of Clean Air Task Force. “President Biden’s…
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A Round-up of Carbon Capture Projects Around The World
2021 will be a year of climate commitments. On the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, the pressure is mounting for nations to raise their ambitions and set firm commitments to reach net-zero by 2050. The nature of those commitments will dictate investment for years to come, which is why…
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Introduction of a Bipartisan Scale Act – Landmark CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage Infrastructure Bill
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2021 – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers led by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Representatives Marc Veasey (D-TX) and David McKinley (R-WV) introduced the SCALE Act (Storing CO2 and Lowering Emissions Act) today, designed to substantially scale-up carbon capture and removal on…
