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Secret U.N. Vote Legitimized Carbon Capture, Report Finds
Original: How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy
ProPublica reports that a secret vote by U.N. scientists led to a report concluding carbon capture could offset fossil fuels' climate impact, effectively legitimizing the technology in global climate policy. Two decades on, carbon capture has failed to meaningfully scale up, yet the policy commitments built on that decision have proven difficult to reverse, skewing climate strategy for years.
Why now: The investigation sheds new light on how a closed-door decision shaped decades of global climate policy.
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- How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy · ProPublica
A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.
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