EU Moves To Fast-Track "Clean Coal" Proposals
EU Moves To Fast-Track "Clean Coal" Proposals
The European Union may boost efforts to capture climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) and store it underground by pushing forward proposals for a dozen demonstration projects, EU officials said on Thursday. Carbon capture and storage (CCS), designed to trap CO2 emissions from power plants and heavy industry, is seen as a possible silver bullet in the fight against climate change, but it has not yet been proven on an industrial scale.
Publication Date:
18/04/2008