Without Carbon Capture And Storage, The World Can’t Meet Its Climate Target

Without Carbon Capture And Storage, The World Can’t Meet Its Climate Target

FILE - In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnston coal-fired power plant is silhouetted ... [+] against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo. Wyoming's governor is promoting a Trump administration study that says capturing carbon dioxide emitted by coal-fired power plants would be an economical way to curtail the pollution — findings questioned by a utility that owns the plants and wants to shift away from the fossil fuel in favor of wind and solar energy. Supporters say carbon capture would save coal by pumping carbon dioxide — a greenhouse gas emitted by power plants — underground instead of into the atmosphere. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)



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When the globe was focused on the U.S. presidential election last fall, a huge story was developing in Norway: Its parliament was preparing to finance the world's “the greatest” carbon capture project that would cut emissions and jumpstart the technology. It would first be implemented at a cement factory.

It is the type of thinking that Prince Charles of Wales said is critical if the international community is to meet its obligations under the Paris climate agreement and to keep temperatures