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Author Vaclav Smil (left) and Shell Canada president Susannah Pierce (right)
Vaclav Smil Tells Shell Canada President Carbon Capture Is ‘the Stupidest Solution’
By Taylor Noakes
on
The controversial academic’s comments at an exclusive Vancouver dinner contradict Big Oil’s global push for CO2 sequestration.
Plastic bottles wait for recycling. Credit: Rawpixel
us/New Report Calls Out Chemical Recycling as a ‘False Solution’ to the Plastics Crisis
By Dana Drugmand
on
Just 11 facilities are currently operational in the U.S. and they process a tiny fraction of the nation’s plastic waste, the report finds.
Venture Global soon will have three LNG export terminals within the state of Louisiana, including this one, being built on 630 acres of swampland in Plaquemines Parish. All three plants will use an as-of-yet unproven technology, known as carbon capture and storage technology. / Photo by La’Shance Perry for The Lens
us/LNG Plant Operators Change Their Tune on Carbon Capture
By Sara Sneath
on
While tax subsidies allay financial concerns about carbon capture and storage (CCS), key questions remain about the controversial technology and whether it’s able to reduce carbon emissions.
Credit: Roo Reynolds (CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED)
uk/Tory MPs Tout Carbon Capture at Chevron-Sponsored Event
By Phoebe Cooke
on
Norfolk MP Jerome Mayhew says at Conservative party conference that only “mud hut zealots” would rule out ongoing exploration of North Sea oil and gas.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer. Credit: DeSmog via UK Parliament (CC BY 3.0)
Major Polluters In ‘Ludicrous’ Push For Carbon Capture at Party Conferences
By Adam Barnett and Rachel Sherrington
on
The technology could provide cover for fossil fuel companies to explore more oil and gas drilling, campaigners say.
Labour leader, Keir Starmer, addresses delegates at the 2022 Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Credit: Karl Black/Alamy
uk/Hydrogen Lobby Sets Sights On Labour Party
By Phoebe Cooke and Hazel Healy
on
Emails seen by DeSmog show a PR lobby funded by gas companies is looking to influence the opposition party as likely winners of the next general election.
Shell and its joint venture partners have a Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at its Scotford Complex near Fort Saskatchewan, Canada. Credit: Government of Alberta, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
How Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Are Driving New Oil and Gas Extraction Globally 
By Michael Buchsbaum and Edward Donnelly
on
The oil industry’s push to portray carbon capture as a climate solution at COP28 obscures how the technology is really being used.
Most of the 12 largest carbon capture and storage projects around the world are in the United States. Credit: Sabrina Bedford.
Fossil Fuel Companies Made Bold Promises to Capture Carbon. Here’s What Actually Happened.
By Michael Buchsbaum and Edward Donnelly
on
A DeSmog review of 12 large-scale projects reveals a litany of cost-overruns and missed targets, with a net increase in emissions.
Site of carbon dioxide pipeline rupture in Satartia, MS in February 2020. Credit: Yazoo County Emergency Management Agency
Satartia Poisoning ‘Was an Anomaly,’ Says Carbon Capture CEO
By Taylor Noakes
on
James Millar, former TransCanada spokesperson, gave off-the-cuff damage control advice to industry proponents in Edmonton.
Screen grab from video of Al Gore's TED Talk.
us/Energy Dept. Announces $1.2 Billion to Advance Controversial Climate Technology
By Dana Drugmand
on
‘Direct air capture’ of carbon pollution is still experimental, but a fossil fuel company is embracing it as a way to keep drilling.

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Vaclav Smil Tells Shell Canada President Carbon Capture Is ‘the Stupidest Solution’
ByTaylor Noakes
on
The controversial academic’s comments at an exclusive Vancouver dinner contradict Big Oil’s global push for CO2 sequestration.
Author Vaclav Smil (left) and Shell Canada president Susannah Pierce (right)
us/New Report Calls Out Chemical Recycling as a ‘False Solution’ to the Plastics Crisis
ByDana Drugmand
on
Just 11 facilities are currently operational in the U.S. and they process a tiny fraction of the nation’s plastic waste, the report finds.
Plastic bottles wait for recycling. Credit: Rawpixel
us/LNG Plant Operators Change Their Tune on Carbon Capture
BySara Sneath
on
While tax subsidies allay financial concerns about carbon capture and storage (CCS), key questions remain about the controversial technology and whether it’s able to reduce carbon emissions.
Venture Global soon will have three LNG export terminals within the state of Louisiana, including this one, being built on 630 acres of swampland in Plaquemines Parish. All three plants will use an as-of-yet unproven technology, known as carbon capture and storage technology. / Photo by La’Shance Perry for The Lens
uk/Tory MPs Tout Carbon Capture at Chevron-Sponsored Event
ByPhoebe Cooke
on
Norfolk MP Jerome Mayhew says at Conservative party conference that only “mud hut zealots” would rule out ongoing exploration of North Sea oil and gas.
Credit: Roo Reynolds (CC BY-NC 2.0 DEED)
Major Polluters In ‘Ludicrous’ Push For Carbon Capture at Party Conferences
ByAdam Barnett and Rachel Sherrington
on
The technology could provide cover for fossil fuel companies to explore more oil and gas drilling, campaigners say.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer. Credit: DeSmog via UK Parliament (CC BY 3.0)
uk/Hydrogen Lobby Sets Sights On Labour Party
ByPhoebe Cooke and Hazel Healy
on
Emails seen by DeSmog show a PR lobby funded by gas companies is looking to influence the opposition party as likely winners of the next general election.
Labour leader, Keir Starmer, addresses delegates at the 2022 Labour Party conference in Liverpool. Credit: Karl Black/Alamy
Analysis
How Carbon Capture and Storage Projects Are Driving New Oil and Gas Extraction Globally 
ByMichael Buchsbaum and Edward Donnelly
on
The oil industry’s push to portray carbon capture as a climate solution at COP28 obscures how the technology is really being used.
Series: Investigating Carbon Capture in Europe
Shell and its joint venture partners have a Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at its Scotford Complex near Fort Saskatchewan, Canada. Credit: Government of Alberta, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Fossil Fuel Companies Made Bold Promises to Capture Carbon. Here’s What Actually Happened.
ByMichael Buchsbaum and Edward Donnelly
on
A DeSmog review of 12 large-scale projects reveals a litany of cost-overruns and missed targets, with a net increase in emissions.
Series: Investigating Carbon Capture in Europe
Most of the 12 largest carbon capture and storage projects around the world are in the United States. Credit: Sabrina Bedford.
Satartia Poisoning ‘Was an Anomaly,’ Says Carbon Capture CEO
ByTaylor Noakes
on
James Millar, former TransCanada spokesperson, gave off-the-cuff damage control advice to industry proponents in Edmonton.
Site of carbon dioxide pipeline rupture in Satartia, MS in February 2020. Credit: Yazoo County Emergency Management Agency
us/Energy Dept. Announces $1.2 Billion to Advance Controversial Climate Technology
ByDana Drugmand
on
‘Direct air capture’ of carbon pollution is still experimental, but a fossil fuel company is embracing it as a way to keep drilling.
Screen grab from video of Al Gore's TED Talk.