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Carbon Sequestration: How to Clean Coal

Renewable energies won’t be able to fully substitute fossil fuels for years to come. Filtering CO2 from coal power plants, known as carbon capture and storage, will be crucial. The first pilot project is online in Germany. Can “clean coal” be a reliable solution to climate change?

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The Value of Green Building

Donald Soss and Steven Bushnell of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company explain why paying more for green construction and renovation saves money down the road.

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Geoengineering: Manipulating Nature for a Cooler Planet

With greenhouse gas emissions still rising sharply, some scientists say it’s time to think about "last resort" options to stop and reverse global warming. But most geoengineering proposals have risks of their own.

Bioenergy: From the Scum of the Earth

One of the simplest plants on Earth could help us out of a few complex problems. Algae may not only help us mitigate climate change, they could also become one of the few truly sustainable biofuel crops.

Renewable Energy: Heat from the Street

Engineers are experimenting with innovative systems that capture and recycle energy from the heat generated by human bodies packed into train stations or the solar energy absorbed by the asphalt on roads.

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Geoengineering offers ways to fight climate change: Science or science fiction?

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Allianz Climate Solutions

Armin Sandhoevel, head of Allianz Climate Solutions, explains why fighting climate change is good for business.