Carbon capture: UK pays firms £30m despite scrapping projects
by Terry Macalister Energy editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#1HPGD)
Government is accused of pouring money away with payments to companies including Shell and Drax
The government has handed out almost 30m to Shell and other companies for work on carbon capture and storage (CCS) despite scrapping their projects that could have played a role in beating climate change.
The payments, revealed in a written parliamentary answer, come as the UK government is about to host the international Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum even though it has just mothballed a 1bn CCS research programme.
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