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November 21, 2015

Carbon Capture: key green technology shackled by costs
Paris (AFP) Nov 21, 2015
Every credible plan to save humanity from global warming reserves a key role for a green energy technology called carbon capture and storage. But there's a problem: no one has figured out a viable way to pay for it. Usually just called CCS, the technology can take carbon dioxide - the dominant greenhouse gas - from major pollution sources like power plants or steel mills and pump it deep underground, out of harm's way. CCS is crucial to many scenarios - including from the United Nation' ... read more

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