'The time is now': Government unveils plans for UK's first carbon capture and usage project

James Murray
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Edinburgh Summit to see release of new action plan designed to deliver UK's first major CCUS project by the mid-2020s

Just over three years to the day after it controversially axed plans for a £1bn carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration project, the government will today unveil new plans to deliver the UK's first...

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