How carbon capture, usage and storage could help 'level-up' across the UK

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Now is the time to make up for years of little progress in developing and deploying this essential technology, writes LSE's Esin Serin, policy analyst at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) will be essential to achieve net zero emissions. This is increasingly recognised in the UK and globally, and hence the new initiatives we observe: not a month goes...

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