Carbon Capture

At CERAWeek, Big Oil Executives Call for ‘Energy Security’ and Longevity for Fossil Fuels

Heads of the world’s top oil companies met in Houston and said the war in Ukraine has helped make the case for fossil fuels and a “balanced” energy transition. As one executive put it: “Our strategy is to stay as oily as we can for as long as we can.”

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Oil Companies Had a Problem With ExxonMobil’s Industry-Wide Carbon Capture Proposal: Exxon’s Bad Reputation

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Oil Companies Are Eying Federal Climate Funds to Expand Hydrogen Production. Will Their Projects Cut Emissions?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Exxon’s Long-Shot Embrace of Carbon Capture in the Houston Area Just Got Massive Support from Congress

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The Pathway to 90% Clean Electricity Is Mostly Clear. The Last 10%, Not So Much

By Dan Gearino

Occidental Seeks Texas Property Tax Abatements to Help Finance its Long-Shot Plan for Removing Carbon Dioxide From the Atmosphere

By Nicholas Kusnetz

In a Bid to Save Its Coal Industry, Wyoming Has Become a Test Case for Carbon Capture, but Utilities are Balking at the Pricetag

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Proponents Say Storing Captured Carbon Underground Is Safe, But States Are Transferring Long-Term Liability for Such Projects to the Public

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Occidental is Eyeing California’s Clean Fuels Market to Fund Texas Carbon Removal Plant

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Carbon Capture Takes Center Stage, But Is Its Promise an Illusion?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Fossil Fuel Companies Stand to Make Billions From Tax Break in Democrats’ Build Back Better Bill

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Biggest “Direct Air Capture” Plant Starts Pulling in Carbon, But Involves a Fraction of the Gas in the Atmosphere

By Leslie Hook, Financial Times

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Quietly Scoring Big Money for Their Preferred Climate Solution: Carbon Capture and Storage

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Will the Democrats’ Climate Legislation Hinge on Carbon Capture?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

A Lifeline for a Coal Plant Gives Hope to a North Dakota Town. Others See It as a Boondoggle

By Dan Gearino

Exxon Touts Carbon Capture as a Climate Fix, but Uses It to Maximize Profit and Keep Oil Flowing

By Nicholas Kusnetz

CCS Can't Make the Tar Sands Clean

By Andrew Nikiforuk