Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2826: Carbon Sequestration
Posted on · Episode: 2826 Reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide with carbon sequestration. Today, the world's highest profile molecule.
Tag: CO2
Engines Podcast
Engines of Our Ingenuity 2215: Surviving Ourselves
Posted on · Episode: 2215 Surviving Ourselves: Another look at the long ecology debate. Today, the problem of saving the world.
Energy & Environment
NRG Begins Operation Of Carbon Capture Plant Southwest Of Houston
Posted on · It’s the nation’s first coal power plant to divert carbon dioxide on a commercial scale.
Energy & Environment
Scientists Have Discovered A Way To Turn CO2 Into Ethanol, Here’s What That Means
Posted on · Texas produces more carbon dioxide than any other state in the country. That’s a problem because CO2 is a big cause of global climate change. But what...
Houston Matters
How Will the Clean Power Plan Play Out in Texas if Legal Challenges Fail?
Posted on · Texas and West Virginia are leading more than two dozen states who are challenging President Obama's Clean Power Plan, which establishes standards to reduce carbon dioxide emissions 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last month denied a request from Texas and other states to […]
Houston Matters
Texas Power Plants Must Reduce Emissions by 39 Percent by 2030
Posted on · The Obama Administration has unveiled a new plan to reduce carbon emissions, which includes mandating that Texas power plants reduce their emissions by 39 percent by 2030. Houston Public Media’s energy and environment reporter Dave Fehling joins us to discuss what this mandate means and how the state’s power plants will hit that target over […]
Full Show
EPA Emissions Plan, Better Work Spaces & Texas Lighthouses: Houston Matters for Wed., June 4, 2014
Posted on · The Obama Administration this week announced new mandates for cutting carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel power plants and said that plants in Texas must cut their carbon emissions by 39 percent by 2030. Today on Houston Matters, we learn about the proposal from the EPA and what it would take for Texas to meet […]