The UK government is making the wrong bet on carbon capture and storage

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The UK government is making the wrong bet on carbon capture and storage

The government's £22bn bet on CCS would be far better spent on capturing CO2 from hard-to-abate industry and nature-based climate solutions, argues Green Party co-leader Adrian Ramsay MP

Making Britain a clean energy superpower was one of the big promises in Labour's election manifesto in the summer. The talk was of insulating homes, cutting energy bills, creating jobs and delivering energy...

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