Biden Officials Face Fierce Environmental Opposition As They Defend CCS

The Biden administration is continuing to defend its support for carbon capture and storage (CCS) part of its multi-pronged climate mitigation strategy, even as it faces mounting pushback from many environmentalists due to concerns about the technology’s safety and efficacy. “We simply cannot get to net zero emissions by midcentury if we do not deploy carbon management at-scale, economy wide, and globally,” argued Energy Department (DOE) carbon management chief Brad Crabtree in a Dec. 15 Politico podcast , citing...