UK Govt Cuts Winter Fuel Help To Pensioners Yet Pledges £22bn For Carbon Capture
by Victoria Seabrook Oct 4, 2024 in Energy, News Reading Time: 3 mins read
The government has pledged nearly £22bn to fund projects that capture greenhouse gases from polluting plants and store them underground, as it races to reach strict climate targets. [emphasis, links added]
The plans are designed to generate private investment and jobs in Merseyside and Teesside, two industry-heavy areas that will be home to the new “carbon capture clusters”.
Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband told Sky News that “today a new era begins”, with a new industry that stops carbon going into the atmosphere providing “good jobs” and shows the government is investing in the country.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the move was “reigniting our industrial heartlands by investing in the industry of the future”, though there are questions about how best to use this expensive technology.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/uk-govt-cuts-winter-fuel-help-to-pensioners-yet-pledges-22bn-for-carbon-capture/
