In the News

August 6, 2013
Calgary Herald
CMC Scientific Director Steve Larter says Canada needs to invest more on research and development in order to become an energy superpower.

Opinon: Provincial carbon tax is good for your wallet and broader economy

July 28, 2013
Vancouver Sun
In this op/ed piece, Noel Melton and Jotham Peters of Navius Research unpack the details of their study that shows the net benefit of B.C.’s carbon tax for households.

Study shows carbon tax reduces fuel consumption, says Elgie

July 24, 2013
CBC
B.C.’s experience shows a carbon tax can help reduce fuel consumption without damaging the economy, shows a study by University of Ottawa professor and CMC researcher Stewart Elgie.

Balsillie gets five-year appointment as chair of federal technology group

June 25, 2013
Toronto Star

Vicky Sharpe, CMC board member and CEO of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), comments on the appointment of Jim Balsillie as Chair of the SDTC board.

Schlumberger buys Canadian geochemistry company

June 18, 2013
Wall Street Journal

Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB) announced Tuesday that it has acquired Gushor Inc., a Canadian geochemistry company that supports exploration and production companies working with heavy oil and oil sands.

What does 1-Billion-Year-Old Water Taste Like?

June 18, 2013
Yahoo! News Canada

It’s summer, and as much as I love the sunshine, I am doing my best to stay hydrated. Besides central air conditioning, a cool glass of water is my seasonal BFF. A newly discovered water source is making me appreciate those glasses of water in a whole new way.

A mile and a half below the Earth’s surface, in a zinc and copper mine in Canada, are pockets of water that have been trapped, unchanged for at least 1 billion and perhaps even 2.6 billion years without being touched.

Even though the prospect was not at all appetizing, scientist Barbara Sherwood Lollar gave the water a taste.

Researchers are being challenged to develop new uses for captured carbon

June 1, 2013
Oilweek Magazine

Segregating CO₂ is the most costly component of any capture, transport and storage project. The new challenge is to cut costs in half through innovative capture technologies and create ways to use the carbon, rather than merely storing it, says John Zhou, executive director, environmental management, Alberta Innovates — Energy and Environment Solutions (AI-EES).

Organizations invest in low carbon fuel research at Lafarge Canada cement plant

May 7, 2013
World Cement Magazine, canadianmanufacturing.com, cement2020, Yahoo! Finance, Cement Americas, Global Cement, REMI Network

Lafarge Canada Inc. is partnering with Natural Resources Canada, the Queen’s Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy and Carbon Management Canada (CMC) to develop a system that uses local surplus materials as low carbon fuels to power Lafarge Canada’s cement plant in Bath, Ontario, thereby reducing GHG emissions.

Global environmental challenges require unprecedented teamwork among scientists

March 5, 2013
Vancouver Sun

Vancouver Sun journalist Scott Simpson talks to University of Alberta Professor Sushanta Mitra and UVic’s Peter Wild about the importance of collaborative research.

Deep Carbon study finds science-fiction worlds deep underground

CO2 research sees opportunity in mine tailings

November 15, 2012
Vancouver Sun

Waste not, want not.

An inconvenient portfolio

November 10, 2012
Winnipeg Free Press

Dr. Nader Mahinpey, CMC researcher and chemical engineering professor in the U of C’s Schulich School of Engineering, tells a Winnipeg Free Press reporter although fossil fuels will remain an important source of energy for the foreseeable future, renewables will play an increasingly important role.

UK-Canada CCS trade mission visits campus

August 27, 2012
Carbon Capture Journal

The Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy and Carbon Management Canada co-hosted a UK-Canada trade mission focused on carbon capture and storage (CCS) on Monday, August 20, 2012.

Carleton U political science prof dishes on what really went down at the Rio+20 conference

June 26, 2012
Ottawa Magazine

The Urban Hippiechatted with James Meadowcroft, professor of political science at Carleton University, who gave us a few important points to ponder about what went down at Rio+20.

Carbon control takes new breed of specialists

Mar. 7, 2012
Financial Post

The business of managing carbon — from carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects in the oil and gas sector to taking carbon dioxide out of the air — is an emerging field that’s opening up job opportunities for engineers.

Clean carbon technology benefits better grasped in the Prairies than rest of Canada

Feb. 8, 2012
mining.com

Public awareness and acceptance of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as a tool to combat climate change is higher in Saskatchewan and Alberta than the rest of Canada, concludes a nation-wide survey released today by IPAC-CO2 Research Inc. “As Canadians, we need to publicly discuss our transition to a low carbon future. This survey helps us understand where CCS, which is a critical part of Canada’s plan, plays in public perception,” says Richard Adamson, Managing Director of CMC.

Can Rocks Really Store Enough CO2 to Keep it Out of the Atmosphere

Dec. 7, 2011
Climate Watch

Sally Benson and her lab crew have been giving rocks a very hard time.

The energy resources engineering professor has been heating rock to 122 degrees and subjecting it to the pressure of a hundred atmospheres — the same pressure present at a half-mile or so underground — to see how carbon dioxide would move through the microscopic nooks and crannies.

UVic team will use fibre optics to assist carbon capture and storage research

Sept. 15, 2011
Vancouver Sun

Carbon capture and storage is widely promoted as a method of curtailing greenhouse gas emissions from large-volume sources such as coal-fired generating plants, or natural gas processing.

U of A team coaxes bugs to produce gas

Aug. 24, 2011
Edmonton Journal

Bacteria that feed on coal seams and create methane gas could be coaxed to produce more of the clean-burning fuel, a new source of energy locked in the world’s vast coal deposits.

Emprisonner davantage de gaz carbonique sous terre

Aug. 23, 2011
Radio Canada, Saskatchewan

L’ingénieur géologue Chris Hawkes de l’Université de la Saskatchewan pense avoir trouvé comment enfouir plus de gaz carbonique sous la surface terrestre afin d’éviter de polluer l’atmosphère.

New rules give CCS research a boost

Aug. 23, 2011
Saskatoon Star Phoenix

The carbon capture and storage industry got a big shot in the arm with Friday’s announcement by the federal government that coal-fired generating stations will have to clean up their act when new regulations come into effect in mid-2015.
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Another Saskatchewan-based researcher who is pleased with the federal announcement is Chris Hawkes, a University of Saskatchewan geological engineer, who is heading a research project to develop methods to ensure CO2 remains safely sequestered in geological formations.

Greenhouse gas storage research at the University of Saskatchewan

Aug. 23, 2011
CBK (R)

The University of Saskatchewan’s been given a chunk of cash to squeeze rocks and see if air comes out . . . Chris Hawks is leaving this study.

Under fire over emissions, Alberta goes ahead with carbon capture plan

July 28, 2011
The Globe and Mail

EDMONTON — Alberta thrives on the strength of its oil and gas sector, while coal keeps the province’s lights on – as such, in an era where many demand lower emissions, the province is a carbon giant looking to change its ways.
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Industry members, politicians and academics said provincial funding is necessary because there’s little incentive to reduce emissions. CCS is “viable, but it comes at a cost,” said Don Lawton, a University of Calgary geophysicist who studies CCS. “But until there’s a price on carbon, it’s an expense that has to be borne by somebody.”

University of Toronto chemists envision new fuel economy

July 12, 2011
Carbon Capture Journal

Imagine pulling up to the pump and filling your tank with fuel derived from greenhouse gas emissions. This vision of a new fuel economy is taking shape as University of Toronto researchers put novel chemical reactions to work in order to develop a carbon-neutral system to recycle carbon dioxide, or CO2, into liquid fuel.

Carbon Management Canada funds 18 new projects

July 12, 2011
Carbon Capture Journal

Carbon Management Canada (CMC-NCE) is funding 18 new projects for a total of $10 million.

Researchers harness greenhouse gases with good microbes, chemistry, attitude

May 13, 2011
www.physorg.com
Exchange Morning Post

Microbes that convert coal into natural gas; the formation of icy carbon dioxide-hydrates; and public perceptions of carbon capture and storage are three areas of investigation that University of Calgary researchers are pursuing to address the problem of upstream greenhouse gas emissions.

Developing answers: Carbon Management Canada pushes for radical innovation in oilsands research

Heavy Oil & Oilsands Guidebook/2011

Game changing. Radical. Innovative. These ideals are easy to say but difficult to actually achieve. For one new organization, however, the catchphrases are being taken to heart.
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Air & CO2 Reduction: What to do with CO₂

Cool Companies, Canada/2011

With climate change as one of the most serious global threats we face, the world is focused on reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as quickly as possible .
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Canada has a large team of scientists focused on CCS many of whom are part of the Carbon Management Canada (p.63).
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Alleged leak of CO2 at Sask. farm to be probed

April 19, 2011
CBC Online/Technology & Science

Field work is set to begin in late June to determine whether carbon dioxide is leaking fro a Saskatchewan farm .
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Carbon Management Canada, a network of 22 Canadian universities researching large-scale ways to reduce carbon emissions in the fossil fuel industry, will provide specialists when required.
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Carbon capture and storage to be researched at University of Calgary

January 18, 2011
National Post

Theme C leader Don Lawton featured in this article about CCS research.

Alberta moving to take lead in carbon capture and storage

Dec. 14, 2010
Globe and Mail, special climate change section

Alberta could become a leader in deploying carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies. Don Lawton, leader of CMC’s carbon capture and storage theme, says if Canada is going to meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets, safe CCS technologies will have to be rapidly developed and deployed. Read More.

Hamilton: Lack of carbon pricing hurting innovation

Dec. 9, 2010
thestar.com

New technologies offer ways to reuse carbon dioxide, but governments must move on cap-and-trade systems in order to push industry into adopting these technologies. CMC researcher Mark Jaccard says there is a way to design a national cap-and-trade system that would be fair to all provinces.
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35th Anniversary Special

Nov. 13, 2010
CBC Radio, Quirks and Quarks

Aimy Bazylak, CMC researcher, was among a panel of scientists interviewed for the 35th anniversary show of CBC’s Quirks and Quarks. The topic of the science program, which is hosted by Bob McDonald, was the greatest advancements in science over the last 35 years.
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Lift Off: Research into the possibility of engineering a better climate is progressing and an impressive rate – and meeting strong opposition

Nov. 4, 2010
The Economist

Geoengineering is being taken seriously by many top scientists around the world. In this piece that examines a number of proposals, CMC researcher David Keith’s work on geoengineering the climate using sulphuric acid is mentioned.
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Nancy Pelosi’s two dilemmas

Oct. 5, 2010
Troy Media

Richard Adamson, CMC Managing Director, is mentioned in this article examining a comment by Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Speaker of the House, that she is “not keen” on fossil fuels.
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Probes have climate change sensors

Sept. 26, 2010
The Chronicle Herald

David Risk, CMC investigator, have developed a sensor to measure greenhouse gas emissions accurately and continuously, even in harsh weather conditions.
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New CC probes developed

Albertan launches oil sands PR campaign

Sept. 20, 2010
Globe and Mail, Energy and Resource News

Carbon Management Canada’s workshops are mentioned in this article about Alberta’s oil sands.
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University students to conduct seismic testing

Sept. 1, 2010
Okotoks Western Wheel

Don Lawton, Theme C leader, talks about seismic work being conducted in the Priddis-Millarville area.
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Crude Structure

July 13, 2010
Chemical and Engineering News

CMC Theme leader John Shaw and his research team have, for the first time, observed naturally-occurring liquid crystals in heavy fractions of crude oil.
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