Despite widespread reservations, United States, China, and Exxon all move forward on carbon sequestration

Despite widespread reservations, United States, China, and Exxon all move forward on carbon sequestration

In the cleantech world, carbon sequestration, or the practice of capturing CO2 emissions and trapping them underground or inside materials, is something of a black sheep. Environmentalists call it a “boondoggle”, some engineers think it’s “absolutely crazy”, and even some politicians have called it a risky bet. Yet a string of recent announcements show that the technique has enough support to compete with other green technologies for attention, and money.

The most recent is a United… Continue Reading