2024-03-18
LONDON – With Europe reeling from heat waves and wildfires, the EU is backing projects to capture industrial emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) as a key pillar in its fight against climate change. But what if these multi-billion-euro schemes make the problem worse?
This investigation uncovers evidence that the fossil fuel industry plans to use some of the captured CO2 to revive ageing oilfields in the UK and Norwegian sectors of the North Sea – liberating billions of barrels of previously unrecoverable crude oil, and delaying the shift to clean energy.
While carbon capture and storage (CCS) has long been controversial, risks associated with the EU’s CCS plans have barely been discussed. DeSmog aims to break this silence with a series of investigations informing the public and policy-makers of the dangers.
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- How Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Are Driving New Oil and Gas Extraction Globally, Desmog, 25/09/2023
- Fossil Fuel Companies Made Bold Promises to Capture Carbon. Here’s What Actually Happened, Desmog, 25/09/2023
- Oil Industry Battles Push for ‘Phase-out’ Deal At COP28 With Promises To Capture Carbon, Desmog, 12/12/2023
- Will The UK’s Flagship Climate ‘Solution’ Be Used to Pump More North Sea Oil?, DeSmog, 20/03/2024
- ExxonMobil Urges EU to Remove ‘Policy Hurdles’ Slowing Oil Industry’s Hydrogen Plans, Desmog, 22/05/2024
- Big Oil Is the Winner From Dutch Carbon Capture Subsidies, Follow The Money, 27/08/2024
- Big Oil Is the Winner From Dutch Carbon Capture Subsidies, DeSmog, 27/08/2024
- Vooral big oil profiteert van miljardensubsidies voor C02-opslag in Rotterdamse haven, Follow The Money, 27/08/2024
- UK’s £22 Billion Carbon Capture Pledge Follows Surge in Lobbying by Fossil Fuel Industry, Records Show, DeSmog, 07/10/2024
- UK’s £22bn carbon capture pledge follows surge in lobbying by fossil fuel industry, records show, The Guardian, 07/10/2024
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Norway’s Equinor Admits It “Over-Reported” Amount of Carbon Captured At Flagship Project for Years, DeSmog, 28/10/2024
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- The EU
- The UK
- Norway
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