Pumping CO2 Underground Can Help Fight Climate Change. Why Is It Stuck In Second Gear?

Environment





Photo credit:

The first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage operation at a coal power plant went online last year in Canada. SaskPower

There are many uncertainties with respect to global climate change, but there is one thing about which I have no doubts: we will not solve climate change by running out of fossil fuels.

Understanding this leads to three possible pathways we can follow to lower greenhouse gas concentrations, and explains why I’ve chosen to focus my research on carbon capture and storage. We can: