WASHINGTON, DC - The 2007 Carbon Sequestration Technology
Roadmap and Program Plan was released today by the U.S.
Department of Energy's Carbon Sequestration Program. The roadmap
contains details about technology development in carbon capture
and storage, an overview of major accomplishments from the
program's first 10 years, and the plan that will guide the
program in 2007 and beyond. The Carbon Sequestration Program is
a true government success story. Since its start as a small-
scale research effort 10 years ago, the program has grown into a
multi-faceted research, development, and deployment initiative
with international acceptance. The program focuses on reducing
greenhouse gas emission by developing technologies for carbon
sequestration, the capture and permanent storage of CO2 and
other greenhouse gases. Unless ways are found to reduce the
release of these gasses, the United States could be responsible
for 8,000 metric tons of CO2 by 2030, an increase of more than
33 percent over 2005 levels. The progra