Huge amounts of CO2 are produced when fossil fuels are extracted, processed and burnt, and by various industrial processes like steel, cement and fertiliser manufacturing. CCS, or ‘carbon capture & storage’ aims to stop this CO2 entering the atmosphere. But does it work?
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