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BNEF: global carbon capture capacity due to rise sixfold by 2030

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Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is a key technology needed to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors such as petrochemicals and cement, and to provide 24/7 clean power through gas plants fitted with capture equipment. The amount of CO 2 being captured today is 43 million tons, or 0.1% of global emissions.

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Senators introduce bipartisan bill to boost production, use of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel

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Renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel are promising ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty trucks and airplanes. Wyoming is already a leading producer of renewable diesel and is expected to produce a lot more in the near future. Currently, outdated and unnecessary regulations are limiting the use of this fuel.

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Junkyard Find: 2001 Jeep Cherokee Classic 4x4

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Today's Junkyard Find is one of the very last XJ Cherokees ever made, found in a Wyoming car graveyard last week. The XJ looked like a tough truck, suitable for hairy-chested outdoorsmen, but it drove more like a car and got impressive gas mileage as part of the bargain. Some costly mechanical failure likely doomed this truck.

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Meet A Leader In Today’s Death Wish Congress

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Barrasso, a rightwing whack job from Wyoming, introduced a bill (S. 228) that would bar the federal government from implementing any law or regulation related to climate change, whether it has to do with cutting industrial greenhouse gas emissions or not. Barrasso, a rightwing whack job from Wyoming, introduced a bill (S.

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The UK officially closes its last remaining coal power plant

Baua Electric

The UK predominantly replaced coal with wind and solar, without increasing reliance on gas. Read more: The world’s only coal-to-nuclear reactor plant just broke ground in Wyoming To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system.

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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Factors such as size, population density, available fuels, types of businesses, climate, all play a role in both total and per capita emissions, the EIA noted. In terms of per capita emissions, the top emitter was Wyoming (118.5 Climate Change Emissions' Topping the list for absolute emissions in 2010 was Texas (652.6

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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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The team, which includes researchers from Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota, seeks to identify a framework of carbon mitigation strategies that would minimize conflicts with food security and clean energy production priorities. Improving Water Management, Treatment and Recovery in Oil and Gas Production. Murray State University.

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