This story is the third part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe and published in partnership with the Guardian. The UK government’s move to award £22 billion in subsidies to carbon capture projects followed a sharp increase in lobbying by the fossil fuel industry, DeSmog can […]
it definitely won’t meaningfully change the need to drastically reduce the amount of carbon being emitted
You’re right, but this is also the problem. These oil and gas companies are spending so much on lobbying so they can limp along with lines like:
“We’ll be clean as soon as someone else figures out carbon sequestration”
It’s plastic “recycling” all over again. Yes we do need to spend money on studying these types of solutions, but we need to be VERY careful about letting very powerful industries abuse the system and gaslight their way into continued pollution.
Articles like this are an important reminder - if the major oil lobbyists see this as a good thing, we need to be asking why.
You’re right, but this is also the problem. These oil and gas companies are spending so much on lobbying so they can limp along with lines like:
“We’ll be clean as soon as someone else figures out carbon sequestration”
It’s plastic “recycling” all over again. Yes we do need to spend money on studying these types of solutions, but we need to be VERY careful about letting very powerful industries abuse the system and gaslight their way into continued pollution.
Articles like this are an important reminder - if the major oil lobbyists see this as a good thing, we need to be asking why.
Absolutely agree.