LIVERMORE, Calif. — Separating carbon dioxide from its polluting source, such as the flue gas from a coal-fired power plant, may soon become cleaner and more efficient.
A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher has developed a screening method that would use ionic liquids — a special type of molten salt that becomes liquid under the boiling [...]
Lawrence Berkeley
Berkeley Lab researchers have produced non-toxic magnesium oxide nanocrystals that efficiently emit blue light and could also play a role in long-term storage of carbon dioxide, a potential means of tempering the effects of global warming.
In its bulk form, magnesium oxide is a cheap, white mineral used in applications ranging from insulating cables [...]
Originally broadcast on 60 Minutes
Here is the transcript of the video report by 60 Minutes on clean coal. The link to the video is included below.
The future of our climate might be summed up in one question: what do we do about coal? Coal generates nearly half the electricity in the United States and the [...]