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The UK’s £22 billion bet on carbon capture will lock in fossil fuels for decades

By Mark Maslin, Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL

The UK government has announced it will invest almost £22 billion in carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects over the next 25 years. The technology works by capturing CO₂ as it is being emitted by a power plant or another polluter, then storing it underground.

This sounds great in theory. However, it seems Labour has been swayed by the fossil fuel lobby, which has pushed…

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