Carbon Capture and (no) Storage?

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Labour's Alan Whitehead argues the upcoming energy bill's focus on decommisioning North Sea oil and gas fields must leave the door open for their re-use as carbon storage sites

Yet another Energy Bill is trundling through the House of Commons and this time I'm leading for the Opposition on the Committee Stage. That's not the big news: it is just that, unlike previous energy bills...

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