WESTCARB News

This webpage provides links to announcements and other news specifically about WESTCARB researchers, activities, and results. For general news about carbon sequestration, see Sequestration News.

Select a link of interest from the list below to view the associated news item.

May 6, 2008—California Awarded $65 Million to Fight Global Warming
Carbon Sequestration and Storage to be Studied at Bakersfield Pilot
Site (California Energy Commission News Release, Sacramento, CA)

May 6, 2008—DOE Awards $126.6 Million for Two More Large-Scale Carbon Sequestration Projects (DOE News Release, Washington, DC)

May 6, 2008—Carbon Sequestration Regional Partnerships (U.S Department of Energy)

May 6, 2008—Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on U.S. Department of Energy Awarding $65.6 Million for Carbon Capture and Storage Project (Governor's Press Release)

May 6, 2008—Governor Schwarzenegger Applauds Support for Carbon Capture and Storage Project (Imperial Valley News)

May 6, 2008—DOE awards money for Central Valley CO2 storage (Central Valley Business Times)

March 17, 2008—Letting nature clear the air (San Diego Union-Tribune)

February 2008—WESTCARB Key Facts (Adobe Acrobat .pdf file)

December 2007—25 Brilliant California Ideas; No. 19 Holy Carbonation!—Carbon Sequestration (California magazine, published by the University of California—Berkeley Alumni Association)

January 31, 2007—CO2 injection newest tool in global warming fight (Stockton Record)

October 12, 2006—Central Valley may be site for 'carbon repository' in global warming battle (Central Valley Business Times)

October 1, 2006—Hole Holds Hope for Fighting Global Warming (Oakland Tribune)

September 14, 2005—Down with Greenhouse Gas (a feature story on geologic sequestration and WESTCARB researchers Sally Benson and Larry Myer of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), East Bay Express (a community-focused weekly paper based in Emeryville, CA)

June 10, 2005—New Options Sought for Carbon Dioxide—Funds Granted to Test Underground Storage Near Rio Vista (San Francisco Chronicle)

June 9, 2005—DOE Advances Ways to Capture, Permanently Store Carbon Emissions (DOE Fossil Energy Techline)

May 2, 2005—DOE Reports on Success of Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (DOE Fossil Energy Techline)

February 17, 2005—Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships Add Canadian Provinces (DOE Fossil Energy Techline)

May 18, 2004—Lawrence Berkeley Scientists Study Global Warming, a Tech TV Tech Live video segment featuring an interview with WESTCARB's project manager, Larry Myer, on geologic sequestration technology, related to pre-opening publicity for the movie, The Day After Tomorrow (requires RealOne Player).

August 18, 2003—DOE Names Regional Partners to Explore Best Approaches for Sequestering Greenhouse Gases (DOE NETL TechLine)

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