The tentative agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of EU member states aims to scale up high-quality carbon removal in the EU to reach the Union’s objective of reducing emissions to net zero by 2050.
Huzzah any step helps
“Permanent carbon removals, such as … Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage, which can store CO2 for several centuries.”
Translation: we’re going to burn plants, animals, and animal waste, and trust fossil-fuel-industry promises that their storage lasts multiple orders of magnitude more time than they care about or have had the length of existence to prove.
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The tentative agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of EU member states aims to scale up high-quality carbon removal in the EU to reach the Union’s objective of reducing emissions to net zero by 2050.
Huzzah any step helps
“Permanent carbon removals, such as … Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage, which can store CO2 for several centuries.”
Translation: we’re going to burn plants, animals, and animal waste, and trust fossil-fuel-industry promises that their storage lasts multiple orders of magnitude more time than they care about or have had the length of existence to prove.