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Achieving a true low-carbon transition requires an array of innovative technologies, including renewable energy, alternative vehicles, advanced nuclear power, and carbon capture, use and storage.

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Coverage of Natural Gas Emissions & Flows Under a GHG Cap-and-Trade Program

This paper provides an overview of the different point-of-regulation options for covering greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas under a cap-and-trade program. The paper assesses the percentage of emissions covered under the different options and the type and number of entities …

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Development of a Policy Framework for CO2 Carbon Capture and Storage in the States

This paper presents the background and policy issues surrounding development of a commercial market for captured carbon dioxide (CO2), and seeks to foster among policymakers a deeper understanding of 1) both the generation and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies …

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The Role of CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery in Ohio’s Economy and Energy Future

This report analyzes the Ohio-based industries and employment that might play a role in an Ohio market for exhaust-stream CO2 due to their participation in: development and construction of CO2 pipelines and/or injection of CO2 into producing oil wells or …

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Biofuels for Transportation: A Climate Perspective

As the United States seeks to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles and to lessen its dependence on imported oil, biofuels are gaining increasing attention as one possible solution. This paper offers an introduction to the current state …

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Coal Initiative Series: State Policy Options for Low-Carbon Coal Policy

State Options for Low-Carbon Coal Policy is the third in a series of Pew Center papers that explore strategies for addressing CO2 emissions from using coal to provide electricity. This paper provides an overview of the policy options available to …

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Coal Initiative Series: A Trust Fund Approach to Accelerating Deployment of CCS: Options and Considerations

A Trust Fund Approach to Accelerating Deployment of CCS: Options and Considerations is the second in a series of Pew Center papers that explore strategies for addressing CO2 emissions from using coal to provide electricity. This paper describes key elements …

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The Role of Coal Gasification in Ohio’s Economy and Energy Future

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change commissioned Kleinhenz and Associates to examine how coal gasification (CG) combined with Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) technology could play a role in Ohio’s economy and energy future – particularly in Northeast Ohio, …

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Biofuels for Transportation

This article appeared in CDM Investment Newsletter, 2007.

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Coal Initiative Series: A Program to Accelerate the Deployment of CO2 Capture and Storage

A Program to Accelerate the Deployment of CO2 Capture and Storage: Rationale, Objectives, and Cost is the first in a series of Pew Center papers that explore strategies for addressing CO2 emissions from using coal to provide electricity. This white …

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A Climate of Change: Manufacturing Must Rise to the Risks and Opportunities of Climate Change

This article originally appeared in US Industry Today, September/October 2007   Recent months have seen an explosion of activity on climate change, to the point where it is now almost impossible to pick up a newspaper without reading about a …

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