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Google just backed carbon capture tech for data center energy providers.

Anna Littlefield, low carbon energy program manager with the Payne Institute for Public Policy, and Morgan Bazilian, director of Payne, authored this opinion piece looking at Google's new investment into carbon capture.

How microplastic research in Denver’s South Platte River can help a first-of-its-kind study

Anne Marie Mozrall, PhD candidate in civil and environmental engineering, says that although awareness of microplastics as a potential health concern has grown, there are still lots of gaps in understanding where they come from and the effects they ....

Exclusive: Chilean regulator, workers flagged risk at Teck's Quebrada Blanca dam

Rennie Kaunda, associate professor of mining engineering, said cracks and leaks can be red flags for dam stability, requiring consistent monitoring and identification of the root cause.

How the oil industry's climate-change solution is surviving Trump's attack on green energy

Anna Littlefield, carbon-capture program manager at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, said the oil and gas infrastructure is similar to the infrastructure required for carbon capture operations.