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Chemistry World April 24, 2009 Nina Notman	UK carbon capture and storage gets government boost The UK will lead the way in the development and use of carbon capture and storage technology for coal-fired power stations, the country's minister for energy and climate change has declared.
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Chemistry World April 4, 2008 Richard Van Noorden	Dutch Power Ahead with Carbon Capture The first Dutch trial to capture carbon dioxide from a power plant's waste gas emissions has been launched in Rotterdam, Europe's largest port.
Chemistry World February 9, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Calls for UK Investment in Carbon Capture The UK government must invest immediately in carbon capture and storage technologies to meet carbon emissions targets, a parliamentary committee has urged.
Popular Mechanics December 12, 2008 Melinda Wenner	U.N. Puts Greenhouse-Free Clean Coal on the Back Burner U.N. plans to sign a new international climate treaty next year, and in negotiating recommendations delegates found common ground in many areas.
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Chemistry World October 9, 2013 Angeli Mehta	Australian climate body saved by crowd sourced donations Backing from the Australian public has helped resurrect a body set up to provide independent information on climate change to government and citizens.
Chemistry World September 13, 2011 Hayley Birch	Carbon capture schemes pose low risk to people Any health risk associated with leaks from carbon capture and storage sites will be minor, according to a new study.
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Chemistry World May 4, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Cutting the Cost of Climate Change Scientists have welcomed a UN climate change report released on Friday that sets out a range of affordable options for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
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Fast Company March 2009 Melanie Warner	Clean Coal: It's Not a Misnomer, But is it the Answer? Advances in clean coal are promising but the industry and society shouldn't celebrate just yet.
Chemistry World November 23, 2012 Nuala Moran	Can the UK fund CCS? After several false dawns, two recent announcements suggest commercial-scale carbon capture and storage could finally be getting the go-ahead in the UK.
Geotimes March 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Climate Report Points Finger at Fossil Fuels The world is warming, and the burning of fossil fuels is very likely to blame, according to a new report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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Chemistry World March 11, 2008 Jia & Chen	Report Outlines Low Carbon Future for China and EU China and the European Union (EU) could lead the world in low-carbon technologies by combining their efforts on climate change, according to a new report.
Geotimes November 2004 Naomi Lubick	Past warming for the future As the Bush administration prepares for a second term, only time will tell how its climate change policy will change in the next four years. In the meantime, discussions of the science behind climate changes abound in the journals and within the scientific community.
Geotimes August 2003 Megan Sever	Climate change report reexamined One of the more controversial topics of the Bush administration's revised strategic plan for climate change research is the ongoing debate of how anthropogenic factors factor into global climate change. Discussion at a meeting this week between government scientists and the NAS proved no different.
Chemistry World September 11, 2008 Hepeng Jia	China forging ahead with carbon capture China's first carbon capture trial is making money by selling its carbon dioxide to beverage companies to add fizz to their drinks, according to China Huaneng, the state owned energy firm that is running the trial.
The Motley Fool September 10, 2008 Toby Shute	Look, Ma, No Emissions! Power producer Vattenfall AB has to be feeling pretty proud this week. The Swedish utility has turned out the world's first pilot plant to employ carbon capture and storage technology.
Chemistry World November 10, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	BP quits carbon capture competition This leaves just three companies still bidding to build a government-backed CCS demonstration plant in the UK.
Chemistry World May 22, 2014 Angeli Mehta	Australian science base eroded by budget cuts Australia's research community is reeling from what have been described as short sighted and politically motivated cuts, outlined in the new conservative government's first budget.
Geotimes June 2007 Allyson K. Anderson	A Political Comment On... Fire and Ice on Capitol Hill: Climate change and its impacts are being discussed with much fervor in the district these days. Nearly every congressional office has taken up the charge.
Chemistry World June 2, 2009 Nina Notman	UK's first CCS pilot plant switched on The first UK pilot of carbon capture technology on a working coal-fired power plant has started in Scotland.
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