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Governors in the West Seek Profitability for Industrial and Natural Carbon Removal Projects
The Western Governors’ Association decarbonization report, led by Wyoming’s Mark Gordon, pushes industrial carbon capture and natural CO2 sequestration, but says little about reducing the fossil fuels emitting the greenhouse gases.
By Jake Bolster
Should the West become a proving ground for fledging carbon capture technology, or bolster conservation and land management projects that naturally sequester carbon emissions?
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State of Play
The federal government is investing heavily in the development of carbon capture and storage (or sequestration), which offers the enticing prospect of preventing carbon dioxide emissions produced during combustion from entering the atmosphere and contributing to climate change. But the technologies involved, while proven, remain expensive, an obstacle to widespread adoption.