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Net Zero: CO2 removal technology could make UK carbon neutral by 2050

Michael Holder

Michael Holder

12 September 2018 • 6 min read

Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society present blueprint for deploying greenhouse gas removal technologies, but urges rapid action to deliver on net zero goals

Greenhouse gas removal systems could help make the UK economy carbon neutral by 2050, according to a major new study looking at a range of potential negative emissions technologies published today by the...

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