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Publish date: September 1, 2011
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The purpose is to pump CO2 into a basalt rock, where it would be captured by forming limestone. The technique involves forming so-called seltzer water which reacts with calcium in porous basalt and forces the dissolved CO2 into harmless calcium carbonate, more commonly known as limestone. It means there would be no risk of CO2 leakage. As basalt is a very common rock in the Earth’s crust, the technique could be carried out on a massive scale if proved effective.
The first stage of the CarbFix experiment (an American-Icelandic joint venture) will last six months to one year.
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Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.