UK sued for counting wood burning with carbon capture as ‘negative emissions’

Environmental groups are taking the UK government to court on Monday (13 November) over plans to spend billions on Biomass with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), a technology aimed at removing CO2 from the atmosphere that is also being promoted by the European Union

Plaintiffs say BECCS technology relies on flawed accounting assumptions because it sees the carbon captured from wood burning as negative…

Full text: https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/news/uk-sued-for-counting-wood-burning-with-carbon-capture-as-negative-emissions/

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Euractiv, 2023-11-13.

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European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC)
European Union
UK Government

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