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- The Advantages of Being Salty
[Interior of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in Carlsbad, NM]
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) first opened in 1999 with the ambitions to permanently bury transuranic waste in our post-nuclear production age. Located 26 miles from Carlsbad, New Mexico, WIPP houses barrels of waste 2,150 feet below the surface. This site was chosen not only [...]
- Burying CO2
[Ideal spots for sequestering CO2 off the coast of Oregon.]
Many have viewed "carbon sequestration" — taking the CO2 produced by burning coal and burying it underground — as a major component of combating climate change. However, there are many questions about the plan — most notably, just where a major emitter like the US could [...]
