carbon capture and storage, definition of

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is an approach to mitigating global warming based on capturing carbon dioxide from large point sources such as fossil fuel power plants and permanently storing it away from the atmosphere.

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• Almost 500 carbon capture lobbyists granted access to Cop29 climate summit
  More lobbyists for the controversial technology were present this year, despite debate about its viability
• Keir Starmer to unveil ambitious new UK climate goal at Cop29
  Exclusive: Target is 81% emissions cut compared with 1990, but activists say it must be backed by plan of action
• Great British Energy can become a major power generator, says its chair
  Jürgen Maier’s vision for company includes the potential to borrow its own money in order to rival multinationals
• GB Energy can become a major power generator, says its chief executive
  Jürgen Maier’s vision for company includes it potentially borrowing its own money in order to rival multinationals
• Carbon capture plan is a colossal waste of money | Letters
  The government’s carbon capture scheme is an expensive distraction, argues Dr Richard Carter, while Kate Macintosh and Edric Brown call for a more far-sighted solution to curb emissions
• UK’s £22bn carbon capture pledge follows surge in lobbying by fossil fuel industry, records show
  Scope of oil and gas influence underscores concerns technology will prolong demand for planet-heating natural gas
• Climate scientists call on Labour to pause £1bn plans for carbon capture
  Letter says technologies to produce blue hydrogen and capture CO2 are unproven and could hinder net zero efforts
• Costly climate ‘solutions’ look like more pollution in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
  Corporations and politicians are pushing carbon capture despite big questions over its value as residents in the southern ‘petrostate’ fear the worst
• UK may need new gas-fired power stations to decarbonise grid
  Report says new nuclear capacity will not be ready in time to provide required increase in baseload electricity
• From water to wood-burning stoves: 11 green challenges Labour must solve
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