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Will The UK’s Flagship Climate ‘Solution’ Be Used to Pump More North Sea Oil?

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's flagship plan to slash the country's carbon emissions is a public relations gift for an industry accustomed to being cast as a climate villain. Shell, ExxonMobil, BP and others are vying for a promised �20 billion in subsidies to kick-start these carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. Ministers and fossil fuel executives are united in portraying such companies as gatekeepers to the clean technologies of the future.

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Will The UK’s Flagship Climate ‘Solution’ Be Used to Pump More North Sea Oil?

This story is the first part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture in Europe and was developed with the support of Journalismfund.eu. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship plan to slash the country’s carbon emissions is a public relations gift for an industry accustomed to being cast as a climate villain. Touring oil and gas facilities in Scotland last summer, Sunak praised the “vital” role the sector would play in delivering his governm…

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