Coal Technologies for a CO2-Constrained World: Current Challenges of Advancing These Technologies
Article from: OGEL 3 (2005), in Coal & Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Summary
Among the various environmental concerns associated with coal-fired power plants, coal's CO 2 emissions have the greatest potential to impact the future of coal because CO 2 is the dominant greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. The current U.S. government position of opposing mandatory CO 2 reductions is not sustainable due to increasing public awareness of the risks associated with climate change, growing international pressure, and the ever-strengthening scientific consensus that increasing atmospheric concentrations of CO 2 and other ...