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John Kerry: Natural Gas Boom Must Be Combined With Carbon Capture

Oil Price · Tsvetana Paraskova · last updated

Natural gas can help reduce emissions only if it is paired with projects of carbon capture, John Kerry, the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, said in an interview this weekend. While natural gas is cleaner than coal, it is still a polluting fossil fuel, especially with methane emissions.

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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. 

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