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Clean Coal? It’s an illusion!

“Carbon capture and storage” (CCS) is one of the prime “end of pipe” solutions being peddled around the world, supposedly to cope with the egregious impacts of burning coal. However “clean” may be a consignment of coal before entering a power plant, refinery or smelter (by treating it beforehand to remove its dirty contents of [...]

Carbon Trading: how it works and why it fails

Report from Carbon Trade Watch
Carbon trading lies at the centre of global climate policy and is projected to become one of the world’s largest commodities markets, yet it has a disastrous track record since its adoption as part of the Kyoto Protocol. Carbon Trading: how it works and why it fails outlines the limitations of [...]