Greenpeace declares carbon capture efforts a 'scam,' blasts Obama support

摘要

Carbon capture, utilization and sequestration efforts are a "scam" that benefits the fossil fuel industry while also jeopardizing global climate goals, environmental group Greenpeace said in a report released this morning. The document is evidence of the ongoing tension within the environmental movement over whether to support CCUS as one of several answers to climate change or to focus on moving away from fossil fuels as soon as possible. Groups like the Natural Resources Defense Council and World Resources Institute have backed the technology. Greenpeace, however, is firmly in the latter category. "The truth is that carbon capture and sequestration is not worth the investment -- sequestration is a gamble while carbon capture does nothing but prop up the oil industry," said author Kyle Ash, Greenpeace legislative representative.