The ocean naturally pulls in about a quarter of the carbon dioxide people produce. It's the planet’s largest carbon sink. Some companies now aim to help it do even more. One of them, Equatic, is ...

Researchers have expanded the potential of carbon capture technology that plucks CO2 directly from the air by demonstrating that there are multiple suitable and abundant materials that can facilitate ...

Carbon capture may be the future, so technology development and testing are underway today. Unless something dramatic happens to alter the political landscape within the next few years, it seems all ...

CCS projects are receiving significant investments, but facing increasing criticism over their effectiveness and high costs. There is a debate about whether these funds would be better spent on proven ...

The Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources is reviewing a growing number of applications for Class V carbon storage test wells, a necessary precondition for constructing a Class VI ...

Algae may be found in oceans and lakes, but some scientists are hoping that the next place you’ll see these organisms is a coal-fired power plant. That’s because algae, which mostly reside in aquatic ...

Utilities may adopt the technology even if the Trump administration repeals an EPA rule to limit carbon emissions from power plants. Donald Trump’s return to the White House could scramble the ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...

After fighting oil, gas and petrochemical expansion in southwest Louisiana for more than 50 years, retired biologist Michael Tritico might be expected to applaud a new facility that promises to suck ...

Carbon capture sounds like climate alchemy especially because in the crude sense of the technology, it pulls CO₂ out of thin air, and neutralize decades of emissions. It does present it self as a bold ...

As the global energy landscape evolves towards renewable sources, electric utilities and power plant operators are increasingly focused on effective carbon management to mitigate their environmental ...