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L.A. Times Takes A Bath In Dirty Water With Icelandic Bottled H20 Scam

Creative Greenius

I’ve been seeing the b t full page ads for Icelandic Glacial water in the print edition of the Los Angeles Times for months now and every time I do they p**s me off. . Times hadn’t delivered an actual bottle of this snake oil water right along with my newspaper last week. .

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Audi partnering with Climeworks on CO2 direct air capture and storage

Green Car Congress

The Swiss company Climeworks is building the world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) and storage facility for converting atmospheric CO 2 to rock in Iceland. The facility will filter 4,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air and mineralize it underground. The carbon dioxide is thus permanently removed from the atmosphere.

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PCC SE and Landsvirkjun to convert silicon metal plant CO2 emissions to methanol

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Landsvirkjun , The National Power Company of Iceland, and German investment company PCC SE have agreed to explore the possibility of capturing and utilizing carbon emissions from PCC’s silicon metal plant in northeast Iceland. in Iceland is operated with 100% green electricity.

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HS Orka and Hydrogen Ventures partner on green hydrogen and methanol project in Iceland

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Icelandic power generator HS Orka and Hydrogen Ventures Limited (H2V) will partner to develop a production plant for green methanol using green hydrogen to power the marine sector, as well as domestic and commercial vehicles such as cars, vans and lorries. —HS Orka’s CEO Tómas Már Sigurðsson.

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Postcard from Iceland (2 of 2)

Revenge of the Electric Car

It’s really hard to beat a week in Iceland. With our Icelandic Camera Operator Bjorn Helgason. We were lucky to get the interviews we were able to -especially with the President- as Iceland was under incredible financial stress. Shooting in a rain storm at the Blue Lagoon. Sound familiar?

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Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

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For the last 18 months, a fleet of 6 methanol-fueled versions of the Geely Emgrand 7 cars have been in Iceland. Among drivers testing the vehicles were CRI staff and members of the Icelandic Automobile Association as well as several local service providers in the auto industry. Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million Earlier post.).

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US Mapping Project Highlights Potential for Mineral Carbonation for CO2 Sequestration

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Because of their chemical makeup, when the rocks are exposed to carbon dioxide, they react to form common limestone and chalk in a process called mineral carbonation. Earth Institute scientists are experimenting with ways to speed the natural process of mineral carbonation for use in carbon sequestration.

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