'Decision paralysis': EU urged to mobilise CCUS projects now or risk missing climate targets

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Trade body warns delays in deploying critical carbon capture projects will result in both missed emissions targets and continued deindustrialisation

The European Union could miss its recently adopted targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 90 per cent by 2040 compared with 1990 levels, if its pipeline of carbon capture utilisation and storage...

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