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'Stop Wasting Public Money': Climate Groups Slam Carbon Capture Scam

"Rather than expand subsidies for false fixes," said one critic of a new bipartisan bill, Congress should pass legislation to "phase out all fossil fuel subsidies."

is just a distraction by the fossil fuel industry that does nothing to address the climate crisis

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Climate Home News
View In: Industrial Carbon CaptureJapan plans to prolong fossil fuels across Southeast Asia, by promoting carbon capture, gas and the co-firing of ammonia at coal power plants. The post Japan’s ‘green transformation’ would derail the energy transition in Asia appeared first on Climate Home News.

Common Dreams
View In: Industrial Carbon CaptureA new bill introduced by Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Bill Cassidy (R-La), the Captured Carbon Utilization Parity Act of 2023, would increase funding for carbon capture schemes – a false climate ‘solution’ that overwhelmingly exists to support additional oil drilling. The bill aims to increas...

Common Dreams
View In: Industrial Carbon CaptureThis week, U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Captured Carbon Utilization Parity Act, which would increase subsidies for carbon capture utilization from the levels set in the recent Inflation Reduction Act. The proposed bill would increase the tax credit fo...

DeSmog
View In: Industrial Carbon CaptureWhere the Tickfaw River leads into Lake Maurepas in South Louisiana, a coffin containing a plastic skeleton is fastened to pilings rising out of the water. “Save Lake Maurepas From Impending Death by Air Products,” a sign above it states. This arresting visual captures the sentiments of opponents o...

DeSmog
View In: Industrial Carbon CaptureLast February, ExxonMobil announced it would further expand its only active carbon capture and storage (CCS) operation in the United States, located at a gas processing facility in LaBarge, Wyoming. Shute Creek is the world’s largest CCS project and has been operational for over 30 years. Although th...