DNV signals backing for safe carbon storage

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Stashing captured CO2 underground can be made "very safe" using established risk and safety management techniques, report says

Existing solutions could manage any foreseeable risks raised by storing carbon dioxide from factories and power plants in underground geological formations, according to one of the world's largest risk...

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