Carbon capture, renewables expansion key to White House decarbonization plan

摘要

A newly released White House plan to ease the country off fossil fuels by the middle of the century calls for further expansion of clean electricity, energy efficiency and carbon sequestration, as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions beyond just carbon dioxide. “With the full power of U.S. [research and development] efforts unleashed on clean energy technologies ... we can develop new technologies that will increase the pace and reduce the costs of decarbonization,” states the report, titled “U.S. Mid-Century Strategy for Deep Decarbonization.”