Climate Central Shoot in Linden, NJ: Part 2 of 2
We met again the next day, and headed back to the field. Unlike Day One, Day Two was beautiful and sunny. Almost too sunny! We had to worry about squinting and shadows instead of fog and rain. But, everyone was in a jolly mood, and we were excited to interview Jim Croyle about his company. He spoke passionately about the need for new kinds of energy production in America, and his hope that PurGen One will be a prototype for other CCS plants in the future.… Read More
Climate Central Shoot in Linden, NJ: Part 1 of 2
I woke up and put on as much cold weather gear as I could. It was Day One of our Climate Central shoot in Linden, NJ, for our latest segment to air on PBS’s The News Hour with Jim Lehrer in December. Michael Lemonick, Climate Central’s Senior Staff Writer, picked me up, and we headed out to a contaminated brownfield on the Arthur Kill. It is a site where a small but determined company called SCS Energy, LLC hopes to create the nation’s first commercial carbon capture and sequestration (CSS) power plant, and turn a profit. They call it PurGen One.… Read More
