Delayed and expanding projects, new initiatives and revivals by Anja Chalmin Revived Geoengineering Projects The Port of Rotterdam announced the start of Porthos, a joint project with EBN and Gasunie. Porthos stands for “Port Of Rotterdam CO₂ Transport...
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Policymakers Shouldn’t Trust Drax’s Bizarre Tree-Burning Climate Solution
This article was originally published by DesmogUK. by Almuth Ernsting If there were a prize for the most bizarre climate mitigation idea, power company Drax Plc’s latest “green innovation” project would be a strong candidate. Drax’s Yorkshire power station is...
Geoengineering Developments: Carbon Capture, Venture Capital and Would-be Megaprojects
A great variety of climate geoengineering projects have been driven forward throughout the past months, while questions remain about their side effects and long-term impacts. In what follows, we highlight some recent or ongoing climate geoengineering activities....
Blazing a trail of deception: the White Rose Project and “negative emissions” technologies
by Oliver Munnion, Our Kingdom In the UK, a new coal fired power station is being developed by Drax that, if built, would be the first new coal fired power station to be switched on since Drax’s existing power station opened in 1974. This is surprising given that...