Eco-Activists Are Trying To Kill Green Tech That Could Eliminate Emissions From Fossil Fuels
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JACK MCEVOY
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT REPORTER
December 17, 2022
Numerous environmental nonprofits oppose the development of carbon capture technology, which allows fossil fuel producers to offset some of the carbon emissions they produce, even though the United Nations says that the technology is needed to meet international climate targets.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) calls for that governments and other entities must use carbon capture technologies to remove greenhouse emissions from the atmosphere in order to limit global temperature increases to below 2.7°F, compared to pre-industrial levels, according to an April IPCC report.
“The last thing they want to see is a mechanism that allows oil and gas to remain effective sources of energy,” Rio Grande Foundation President Paul Gessing told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Although the United Nations states that carbon capture and storage technology (CCS), equipment that enables fossil fuel producers to sequester emissions to mitigate global warming, is needed to meet emissions reduction targets, multiple climate activist groups oppose its development as they believe CCS entrenches the oil and gas industry.
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