Documents and Whistleblowers Reveal Oil Companies Know Carbon Capture Is Not a Climate Solution
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Amy WesterveltAmy is the executive editor of Drilled
Summary
The article investigates the fossil fuel industry's promotion of carbon capture technology as a climate solution, revealing through documents, whistleblowers, and public comments that oil companies internally acknowledge carbon capture is not effective for climate mitigation. A Democratic investigation into climate disinformation found that the industry has used carbon capture as a public relations tool to delay meaningful climate action while continuing fossil fuel production.
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· 3 pulledThis spring, Democrats wrapped up a nearly three-year investigation into the fossil fuel industry's role in climate disinformation, and asked the Department of Justice to pick up where they left off.
The fossil fuel industry's carbon capture bamboozle, explained.
Oil companies internally acknowledge carbon capture is not effective for climate mitigation.
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