Taking the Carbon Out of Coal
Carbon capture and sequestration or CCS is a technology that can remove carbon dioxide emitted by a power plant and store it underground. Climate Central visits the site of a proposed coal plant in Linden, NJ to find out how it is done.
How do we know it’s not a natural cycle?
When scientists look at climate variations in the past, they don’t see anything like today’s warming.
What is the greenhouse effect?
The greenhouse effect happens when sunlight warms the Earth, and molecules in the atmosphere intercept the resulting heat before it can escape to space.
Carbon Counter Launched
A massive new billboard was installed in midtown Manhattan on June 18. It's a first-ever carbon counter that gives an up-to-the minute reading of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere—like a debt clock for the climate.
What We Know For Sure
No scientist disputes that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and that it is increasing in the atmosphere. And careful detective work shows that the increase has chemical fingerprints—from us.
Georgia: Coal and Carbon
Coal generates carbon dioxide when combusted, which is causing the world to warm. In Georgia, a state that gets over 60 percent of its electricity from coal, some coastal residents are connecting the dots between coal and changes in the local ecology and economy attributed to global warming. Recognizing the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, engineers are exploring "clean coal" technology. What is this technology? Will it work?
