Carbon Capture and Storage: A Controversial Climate Mitigation Approach

Carbon Capture and Storage: A Controversial Climate Mitigation Approach

Type	Journal Article
Author	Jennie C. Stephens
URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03932729.2015.994336
Volume	50
Issue	1
Pages	74-84
Publication	The International Spectator
Date	January 2, 2015
DOI	10.1080/03932729.2015.994336
Abstract	The potential of carbon capture and storage (CCS), a set of technologies that offers a politically appealing vision of a cleaner way to use fossil fuels, has provided powerful motivation for large public and private investments in CCS technology. Investing in CCS is controversial, however. While some consider it a critical climate mitigation technology, others view it as an expensive fossil fuel subsidy that could inadvertently perpetuate, rather than reduce, fossil fuel reliance.