Congress Quietly Backed An Ambitious Climate Project: Sending CO2 To The Ocean Floor

Photo caption: Oil drilling platforms dot the horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. The wells and infrastructure can be used for carbon dioxide storage in the Gulf. Photo credit: Education Images / Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Article by Chris D’Angelo. HuffPost – June 24, 2022.

The recent infrastructure law includes provisions to jumpstart carbon capture and storage, including offshore, to help stave off catastrophic climate change.

As the world races to head off worst-case climate change scenarios, there has been increasing focus on developing and advancing technologies to suck planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Among the logistical hurdles with the technology, called carbon capture and storage, or CCS, is where to store the massive amounts of carbon gas underground once it’s been sequestered. One proven solution: the bottom of the ocean. […]

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